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From: Gadget World on 5 Jun 2010 22:46 I was recently on a cruise where a man broke a bone in his leg in St Thomas. When the ship's doctor offered to send him to the hospital in St Thomas, he refused and said he wanted to go to a hospital in the US and finally was helicoptered to San Juan. He didn't believe that the US Virgin Islands are called that as they are US territories, just like Puerto Rico. He would have been far better off, if he just stayed on the ship for the remainder of the cruise with his wife, but he was in a hurry to go to a hospital in the "USA", where he thought his HMO would cover his expenses. What a lot of time and money wasted over a lack of geography knowledge. Inspecor Gadget
From: Tom K on 5 Jun 2010 23:13 On 6/5/10 10:46 PM, Gadget World wrote: > I was recently on a cruise where a man broke a bone in his leg in St > Thomas. > > When the ship's doctor offered to send him to the hospital in St Thomas, > he refused and said he wanted to go to a hospital in the US and finally > was helicoptered to San Juan. > > He didn't believe that the US Virgin Islands are called that as they are > US territories, just like Puerto Rico. > > He would have been far better off, if he just stayed on the ship for > the remainder of the cruise with his wife, but he was in a hurry to go > to a hospital in the "USA", where he thought his HMO would cover his > expenses. > > What a lot of time and money wasted over a lack of geography knowledge. > > Inspecor Gadget > When we used to go to Puerto Rico all the time on business, my friend Bill asked his doctor one time... "what should I do if I have something like an appendicitis in Puerto Rico? The doctor replied, "take the first flight to Miami". --Tom
From: Charles on 7 Jun 2010 07:15 In article <ae4dcb03-d82a-4f01-8e52-7e230038b6e5(a)x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Frank from Deeeetroit <dadurweird(a)voyager.net> wrote: > My wife and I have our auto insurance through AAA of Michigan. As am > auto club member, one of their services is travel insurance. You have > to purchase the policy, around $125.00 per person. Auto insurance > companies that offer travel insurance are less expensive than on-line > travel insurance or travel insurance offered by a travel agent. Best > of luck. If you are an AAA member can't you get the same travel insurance even if you don't have their auto insurance? And $125 a person does not sound like it is less expensive than travel insurance offered on line. -- Charles
From: Stu on 7 Jun 2010 08:38 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:15:14 -0400, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote: >In article ><ae4dcb03-d82a-4f01-8e52-7e230038b6e5(a)x27g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, >Frank from Deeeetroit <dadurweird(a)voyager.net> wrote: > >> My wife and I have our auto insurance through AAA of Michigan. As am >> auto club member, one of their services is travel insurance. You have >> to purchase the policy, around $125.00 per person. Auto insurance >> companies that offer travel insurance are less expensive than on-line >> travel insurance or travel insurance offered by a travel agent. Best >> of luck. > >If you are an AAA member can't you get the same travel insurance even >if you don't have their auto insurance? And $125 a person does not >sound like it is less expensive than travel insurance offered on line. Perhaps there's a pre existing condition there somewhere??? Everyone does not pay the same for travel insurance.
From: Charles on 7 Jun 2010 14:08
In article <rupp06t748vbur2gnhap1qnjgsudas2hud(a)4ax.com>, Stu <info(a)foodforu.ca> wrote: > Perhaps there's a pre existing condition there somewhere??? > Everyone does not pay the same for travel insurance. Of course not. Pricing depends on the price of the cruise and the age of the insured. If it is a $10000 cruise and he is 90 years old $125 is a bargain. But assuming that price is for a seven day Caribbean cruise then it would be in the price range one would expect from any travel insurer. -- Charles |