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Q:Visitors Medical Insurance My parents are coming to USA on 26th of April 2007. I had gone thru all insurance plans.Patriot America and Protection America looks good to me.As my parents are coming for 4 months,I wanted to take the insurance directly for 4 months ,so I will not need to renew it from time to time. As per my knowledge protection america has enhance features over patriot america. But apart from renewability and drug prescription card and 9010 coverage is there any vary major difference between these two Also if I prefer to buy the insurance online ,I know I will get every documents in email but Can I get Id cards in postal mail as well at no extra cost i.e.no shipping cost As I read in one of the forum patriot america sends there documents in email also and by postal mail also at no shipping cost. Is that correct Looking forward for your help.. Sonali

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Patriot America was recently enhanced and most of the features in Protection America were added in Patriot America. Now, the real difference between those 2 is Patriot America is renewal only if you buy initially for 3 months. Protection America is renewable even if you buy for minimum 5 days. If you are planning to buy the insurance for 4 months, you can buy Patriot America. As soon as you make the purchase, you will get the virtual id cards in the email. Actual id cards will be mailed to you the next business day.Thanks for the quick reply to my queries.I really appriciate it. Now I have few more questions for you. 1.As there is no major differnce in Protection America and Patriot America, Why protection america premium is almost $200 more over Patriot? 2 Will Protection america deliver the id cards and other documents in postal mail as well as in E-mail (for postal mail no shiiping cost?) I am really confused about what to buy.Please suggest me about the insurance as per your good insurance knowledge and experience. Sonali 1. As I said before, Patriot America was recently enhanced and all good features from Protection America were added in Patriot America. Insurance company didn't have chance yet to update Protection America price/features. That is why it is costs more. 2. Yes. Thanks for your help reagarding all my quries. Yesterday on 20th Apr I purchased patriot America plan for my parents. But I did not receive any confirmation e-mail from the company IMG or from insubuy. I wrote a mail to administrator of insubuy,but i did not get any reply from them also. When I purchased the insurance I got the certificate numbers also.but I am little worried about why I did not get any confirmation mail? When will I get confirmation e-mail and also when I will be able to print those Id cards so that I can able to send them to my parents.and so they will have those prints with them while travelling. Thanks again, Sonali 1. IMG email confirmation. Did you specify Yahoo email address? If so, please check in your bulk mail folder. The confirmation is most likely in your bulk mail folder. 2. Admin of InsuBuy.com Admin department is open till 5 PM Central. If you sent an email after that, you will get the response the next business day. 3. Print id card. You can visit /international-medical-id-card/ and print id card online at any time. 4. Is the last name of the persons Birari? If so, someone in my office just sent you the email confirmation. My husband Rajesh just e-mailed you detailing everything about the insurance. We still not received any emails. Also I clicked on the link you provided for printing Id cards but it is giving me error. So what should We do next? Sonali We talked after this and I believe you are all set. It is much easier to resolve such things over phone rather than public discussion forum. Thanks for your help. Sonali
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Q:Protection america Drug discount card Hi, I am planning to buy medical insurance for my mom who is visiting in a week. I collected informations through some websites. My mom is having asthma complaint and she takes regular inhaling medicines for that. per week she needs to buy 3 to 4 inhaling rotacaps. Nothing other than major. All i am looking for is the insurance which should cover the unexpected illnessemergency + her daily pharmacy expenses(or with discount). Can you please recommend which insurance is good for my requirement reg velu

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There is no insurance plan from any company anywhere that will cover pre-existing conditions for visitors to US even if it is emergency. This has been discussed too many times on this forum. In particular, look at /universal-rx/retail-prescription-prices/ I recommend that she get her asthama medical supply from India before comes to US. Check at /universal-rx/retail-prescription-prices/ whether the rx discount card will provide any discount for the medicines/rotacaps she needs.
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Q:Visitor Care Plan Coverage Question I have taken a Visitor Care Insurance (from IMG) for my parents. Under this plan can I visit a doctor to get a Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar check done on my parents? Thanks

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No. That would come under pre-existing conditions and/or preventive check ups and they are not covered in any short term insurance plans.
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Q:Questions regarding IMG Insurance I am shopping for Medical Insurance for my mom (59). 1) Has any one bought IMG Patriot America OR Protection America? a) How was the experience - Did IMG paid for the medical bills, if not then what were the reasons? b) How is the customer service? 2) Other Insurances? a) Any good/ bad experiences? Thanks in advance for your help in me making decision.

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Both are good plans and highly recommended.
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Q:IMG Fixed coverage plan Hi My parents are coming here shortly and planning to stay with me for 6 months. Both of them have a decent health with no existing health problems. I am looking at buying the IMG fixed coverage plans and went through the brochure. I have a few queries that I need your advise. 1. It says an amount $x per coverage of period. Example: Prescription drugs $250 per period of coverage. Physician visits $55 per visit, 10 visits per period of coverage. What is this period of coverage ? If I take insurance for 6 months, is the entire 6 months considered as 1 period of coverage ? If 6 months is considered as 1 period, then would it make sense to buy it for 1 month and then renew it every month ? 2. Lets say I opt for a deductible of $100. I meet the doctor and do a lab test and buy prescription drugs as recommended by the doctor. Is the deductible $100 for all three(Doctor, test & drug) or should I pay deductible $100 for each of them ? 3. I understand from the website that IMG participates in the First Health PPO Network. Will I get the discounted rate for the fixed coverage plans also ? Thanks in Advance.

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1. Period of coverage is for however long you buy the insurance and pay for it upfront. If you buy for 6 months, period of coverage is 6 months. If you buy for 1 month and renew every month, period of coverage is 1 month every time. Those coverages you mention are per period of coverage. However, the deductible is also per period of coverage. Therefore, to maintain the balance, you should purchase for 3 months and then renew for 3 months. 2. Deductible is once for everything. That means, you don't have to pay separate deductible for different things. 3. Yes.
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Q:Question about health insurance for permanent resident parents My parents just came to USA as permanent residents. What options do we have for their health insurance? I understand Medicare is not an option. We are looking into Medicaid options with state of Wisconsin but possibly they will not be eligible for that either. What are other programs that can be used to subsidize the high cost of health insurance? Any responses will be appreciated. Thanks

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Please look at /new-immigrant-insurance/
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