Travel Products - Medical Insurance for International Travel

If your health insurance doesn't pay anything for medical care outside your home country, what options do you have? Can you recommend any insurance companies?

If you qualify, a good source of cheap insurance is by obtaining the ISIC (http://www.isic.org). You have to be a full-time student or under age 26. There may also be a similar card for teachers, IIRC.

I've used International SOS in the past, though (fortunately) have never needed to avail myself of their services. But they seem well-respected and have an extensive clinic network.

I use BUPA, and am happy with them. They're a little more expensive than some, but the coverage and customer service are both good:

http://www.bupa-intl.com/

Please follow this thread in the Travel Products Forum.
Thanks..
Obscure2k
TravelBuzz Moderator

I'm using BUPA now also, as they have acquired IHI, the Denmark Company, my original insurer. IHI had very good coverage and BUPA has not, to my knowledge, changed it. I do, however, access it through a different website than acunningham:

http://www.ihi.com

www.insuremytrip.com, where you can compare apples and oranges...

I have also used International SOS. I highly recommend them. There is a long thread from a year or so ago on the subject. International SOS found me a US trained doc in Zambia a few years back.