Originally Posted by
enviroian
Does anyone know if it's possible for me to purchase travel health insurance for my 79 year old mom? She wants to visit me later this month for a week and said the prices are near 1000 pounds there and very hard to get. I know I can get on geoblue or allianz for myself at least and buy it quickly and cheaply.
Hmmm...maybe I'm missing something but our experience is different than you've described for your mom. We (both Americans living in UK) have found UK travel policies far cheaper than US policies. We both have mild heath issues and are in our 60s and a yearly policy has been £150 to £400 depending on how much coverage you want. We have used the comparison sites to research, moneysupermarket.com is a good one.