Health Insurance Abroad

CASmom
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:53:56 +0000

My daughter has done two sessions of study abroad and has taken four shorter 1-2 week trips abroad as well and we always buy a supplemental travel policy with medical evacuation. The wisdom of this practice was driven home last semester when my neighbor’s daughter had a horrible experience with the British national health care system. Apparently socialized medicine is great, until you’re really sick, and then not so much. My greatest fear is that she would be sick or injured and stuck in a foreign country with no one to advocate on her behalf. The med-evac policies are not that expensive and provide a great deal of peace of mind.