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Q:Please help me to check out if the plan can reach the requirement for waiver. Thank you! International Student and Dependent Waiver Standards for the Student Health Insurance Plan Effective August 10, 2017 All requirements must be met for a waiver to be granted: 1. U.S. carrier or entity is approved to do business in the U.S. and compliant with all guidelines of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) 2. Carrier has a filed and approved health insurance policy with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Insurance or has a sponsored insurance plan that meets the waiver standards and is approved by the Student Health Insurance Office, together with a letter of financial guarantee directly from the plan sponsor 3. Coverage for 100% of preventive and contraceptive care (preventive examinations, immunizations and screening tests, as required by the PPACA and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for student health insurance plans) 4. Coverage for pre-existing conditions with no waiting period 5. Deductible no greater than $500; 6. Coverage for all essential benefits for accident and sickness, including prescription drug coverage, without limitation 7. Maternity Benefits (or Pregnancy) covered as any other illness or injury; 8. Inpatient and outpatient mental health/substance abuse as any other condition 9. No exclusions for injury or illness as a result of alcohol, drugs or attempted suicide 10. Worldwide coverage 11. $3,000 In-Network out-of-pocket maximum 12. $15,000/$30,000 Out-of-Network out-of-pocket maximum 13. OR U.S. employer-sponsored health insurance in place of standards 1-12; 14. And Medical evacuation ($100,000/Repatriation ($50,000) minimum limits. Please Note: new waiver requirements for 2017-18 require all plans to be filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, or be approved by the Penn State Student Health Insurance Office and accompanied by a letter of financial guarantee for services not covered from the plan sponsor. This will eliminate short-term International Standards Organization (ISO) plans. In addition, Penn State students will no longer be eligible to purchase health insurance plans through Student Medicover, as part of a new agreement with United Healthcare Student Resources.

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Thank you for contacting Insubuy for your insurance needs. Unfortunately, there are no plans available to meet your requirements as you require a plan which meets the Affordable Care Act.
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Q:I am planning to buy insurance for my in-laws visiting from India, does the insurance offered by you meet ACA(affordable care act) standards?

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No visitors insurance plans anywhere in the market are ACA compliant plans. They don't need to be either. ACA plans are not available at any time you choose and they are not for a short duration that visitors need, but are permanent insurance meant to be kept year round. Please see the link below for all available plans: Visitors Insurance
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Q:Question regarding visitor insurance I am looking to visitor insurance for my parents who are resident of India and visiting us in MD, USA. We are looking to buy Patriot America Plus policy. Does this policy provide coverage for visitors visiting Maryland (MD)?

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Yes, it provides coverage in MD. However, you can't put MD as the mailing address. You can put India or any other address as mailing address. In any case, you will receive everything electronically right away. You can purchase it online at /patriot-america-plus-insurance/ I am looking to visitor insurance for my parents who are resident of India and visiting us in MD, USA. We are looking to buy Patriot America Plus policy. Does this policy provide coverage for visitors visiting Maryland (MD)? did you find the insurance you were looking for? can you give us your contact information? I need the same thing Yes, it provides coverage in MD. However, you can't put MD as the mailing address. You can put India or any other address as mailing address. In any case, you will receive everything electronically right away. You can purchase it online at /patriot-america-plus-insurance/ So the mailing address, in this case, is more of a formality, as the electronic version is valid right away? Yes, electronic version is valid.
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Q:I want to get medical insurance for my wife and children. They are permanent residents in the US and waiting for their green cards. They have been in the US just for two months. At the moment, they have no SSN. Thus, home country is the US. Which plan must be chosen in this case?

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There is a short term domestic insurance plan available called National General that will cover any new accidents or new illnesses that happen after the effective date of the policy. Please use the following link to generate a quote for coverage and to review plan benefits. National General STM
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Q:I need to know about getting insurance for my wife, she is Greek but she will become US citizen, currently we live overseas and need to know about maternity coverage, what we should do in order to have full coverage with a company. The maternity insurance we will needed in a year or so from now.

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If she is becoming a U.S. citizen she will need to look into domestic insurance options as that is the ling of insurance that she will be required to have within the United States. We do not offer any domestic insurance options at this time.
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Q: I want to buy insurance plan Atlas America but in the chapter "Geographic Restrictions" I found the following note: "U.S States - Physical Presence at time of application - unavailable: Maryland, New York, Washington" Does it mean that this plan does not work in state Washington?

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The Atlas America plan is valid in the state of Washington however, if you the proposed insured is physically located in the state of Washington at the time of application you are not eligible for the plan .
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