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Re:What travel insurance really means by trocadero on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:37PM (#17550952)
Nah, travel insurance is to cover emergency medical expenses abroad. Long term care is taken care of by your local insurance or government system.
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Re:What travel insurance really means by J-dawg on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:45PM (#17551042)
I've never expected travel insurance to cover me for long term care, I just assumed it would cover me for any surgery I needed immediately following an accident, plus a bit of recovery time.
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Re:What travel insurance really means by trocadero on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:00PM (#17551190)
Right, but I wouldn't call 5 days later "immediately following an accident". It boils down to the question of whether or not he was fit to fly back to the UK to have that surgery there. Even if he wasn't, the documentation he provided for that is lackluster and I don't blame the insurance company for rejecting it.
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