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Q:IMG Global - beware of its pre-existing clause! My recent experience with IMG global - Patriot America turned out to be a financial nightmare. I had purchased this for my mother who was visiting from India. She fell seriously ill while she was here, with an unexpected illness which had NEVER MANIFESTED, NEVER TREATED, NEVER DIAGONIZED before. The Emergency room & hospitalization expenses were close to $100,000/- Subsequently, IMG global DENIED benefits for these expenses based on their PRE-EXISTING clause (quoted below), claiming that although this illness did not manifest itself any time earlier, it has existed prior to the purchase of IMG insurance. Thus the pre-existing clause gave IMG complete authority to deny benefits at their own discretion for an illness that my mother never had before. Anytime an insurance gives itself such broad powers to deny benefits to its customers, it is a RED FLAG & SHOULD BE AVOIDED. "A Pre-existing Condition is* defined as any injury, illness, sickness, disease, or other physical, medical, mental or nervous condition, disorder or ailment that, with reasonable medical certainty, existed at the time of application or at any time during the three years prior to the effective date of the insurance, whether or not previously manifested or symptomatic, diagnosed, treated, or disclosed prior to the effective date, including any subsequent, chronic or recurring complications or consequences related thereto or arising therefrom."

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I am sorry to hear that you are having difficulty with the claims and I hope that your mother gets well soon. You have not specified any details regarding the illness and therefore it is very difficult to make generic comments whether they acted appropriately or not. I suggest that you immediately contact our office and we would be glad to help you through this matter. Dear Sir, I was incidentally able to locate you from the user registration email address you used. It was nice talking to you. As we discussed, you have already filed the appeal and your claim was already sent to independent third party and it was still denied. I believe you have already done what could possibly done to deal with this. I beileve that, the conclusion of our around half an hour long discussion was, that when you buy visitors insurance for your relatives visiting the U.S., you can reduce the risk to some extent by buying the insurance, but you can not completely eliminate it. It is certainly possible that some medical expenses you may run into are not covered because of pre-existing conditions, and unfortunately, there is no better solution to this problem. As we discussed, the pre-existing conditions exclusion clause is pretty much, more or less, the same in all companies that offer visitors insurance. Therefore, I believe that, the message is that every host should evaluate such risk before inviting their parents, in-laws or any other relatives to the U.S.
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Q:Insurance needs for Dad/Mom I am planning to get my dad/mom GC's and asking them to stay with us in US after that. I am looking for my Dad/Moms medical Insurance needs. What options do I have . Dad is 70+ and Mom is 60 +. Appreciate your replies, Thanks.

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Your options are listed at /new-immigrant-insurance/ Also, please read /new-immigrants-medical-insurance-plans/ to understand more details about the healthcare situation for elderly immigrants.
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Q:Student insurance questions After I buy the medical insurance, when will the fulfillment kit be mailed to me Because the effective date is in November. By the time I will have been in America. Many Thanks.

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It will be mailed to you the next business day.
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Q:International student health insurance plan I am an International student. What type of insurances can you offer How much is it cost monthly It is extremely urgent! Thank you,

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Thank you for your interest in purchasing international student health insurance. We offer several insurance plans, listed at /international-student-medical-insurance/ The price depends upon your age primarily. On that web site, you can get instant quotes, compare them side by side and make an instant purchase online. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at any time. need to make my decision until August 15 th, it is urgent as I need to waive my school insurance plan which is too expensive for me and find any insurance plan comparable to that Gallagher Koster insurance plan LOW OPTION PLAN I am sending you an attachement with the Gallagher Koster plan for International students. Please compare with your insurance company plan for International students Please see the LOW OPTION PLAN. We are unable to comment on the plans we don't offer. I request you that you can compare the plans youself and choose the one that suits the most. If you have any specific questions about the plans we offer, we would be glad to explain those to you. If you let me know the name of your school and/or their requirements to waive their insurance, I can tell you which one of our insurance plans would meet those requirements. Instead of sending the insurance brochure, please send me the waiver form or the compliance form that has the requirements listed.
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Q:Insurance - Canadiian studying in USA Hi I am a Canadian citizen and I will be studying in Minnesota this fall. I plan to move to the US on Aug 9th and need health insurance to cover me until the start of school (Sept 7th). During this period, I will be visiting family in Illinois & Iowa. So I will need a comprehensive plan that is valid in all 3 states. Please advise. Thanks

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You can look at the temporary medical insurance plans at /You can get instant quotes, compare them side by side and make an instant purchase online. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us at any time. But the insurance requires the state, so since I will be studying in Minnesota...I should probably put down MN. However, I will be spending two weeks on the road, visiting family in Illinois & Iowa...will the insurance options cover me in all three states. Are these plans restricted by state? Thanks, It will cover in those states as well. State is asked because some plans may not be available in some states. However, it does not restrict tempoary travel to other states.
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Q:Student health insurance from India Dear sir, Is it possible to arrange health insurance cover from INDIA for students. Regards, Thank you.

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Yes, you can buy from anywhere. Just visit https://www.insubuy.com and you can purchase. Even though you can purchase from India, it is always better to buy from the US. Please read /visitors-insurance-usa-india-comparison/ for more information.
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