Travel health insurance
helps the travelers to know better the insurance policy and to reduce the
premium. If travelers know the policy better, they can often save money on
travel insurance. Here are top simple travel health insurance tips travelers
should know.
Travel Health Insurance Tips |
Tip1: Understanding Travel Health Insurance Policy First
Travelers should read
travel insurance policy before purchasing any plan, and better understand the
coverage the company has offered. Every policy has few limitations such as
pre-existence health conditions and age limits which must be well known to
travelers unless it could be a great problem.
Tip 2: Medical Assistance Services
When travelers
are going to buy insurance policy, they should ask to the company if they have
any assistance service for their clients. Experience shows that there are many
assistance service companies which are disinterested to take to emergency calls
to real doctors or nurse. But it’s not all the cases, there are some serious
insurance companies which pay attention to their respected clients and provide
assistance service. Though it is
little bit expensive to receive calls from distance, but few companies take
their responsibility because minutes can save lives.
Tip 3: Understand the Preexisting Condition
Travel health insurance policy has few terms and
conditions and the travelers should understand the preexisting condition clause
of policy. And check these terms and conditions apply since travelers’
departure date, not while purchasing the plan. Suppose travelers buy an annual health insurance
policy then these conditions apply to the departure date of every trip.
Tip 4: Buy Health Insurance That Cover Medical Conditions
Travelers who take medication will not congregate
with the pre-existing clause and unfortunately you will not get any coverage
for such conditions. So check the insurance
policy and in case you do not understand compare among different agencies which
offer health insurance plan compatible with your medication.
Tip5: Choose Affordable Deductible
Many travelers want to save money while purchasing
insurance policy. However, there are various deductible choices in policy by
which traveler can easily save money and has to provide fewer premiums.
So choose any deductable which only you can afford.
While choosing plan you see there are few policies which have greater
deductibles, do not fall into that trap because greater deductable means
greater price.
Tip 6: Save Money In Multiple Trips
Generally insurance companies offer health insurance
plan in different category such as single trip, multiple trips, individual
trip, family or group plan etc., first determine that whether your trip is
single or multiple in a year. If you are planning multiple trips then you need
to buy annual plan rather than single plan. Annual insurance policy is
comparatively less expensive, and you can save as much money as making another
travel.
Tip 7: Save Money Even In Higher Age Band
All know that higher age
people have to give higher premium and lower age people have to give lower
amount, but there is little trick to get lower premium yet you are in higher
age band. It seems if your birthday will place before your trip, you have to
give extra 20% - 40% premium more than earlier, but if you purchase health insurance
plan and leave your country before birthday, you can save significant amount of
money which you have to pay after your birthday. Even you can save money by
purchasing insurance policy before birthday with lower age band.
Tip 8: Follow Doctor’s recommendations
Many people often do not
take drugs or medicine even their doctor recommends them because they think it
might affect insurance policy. This practice is bad, though it is true but
traveler should follow the doctor’s prescriptions because health is important
than money. When doctor gives change in medicine, you should take unless the
insurance company rejects your claim in the ground of unstable preexistence
medical conditions. It would be better while
getting an insurance plan provide details about your medical conditions and the
medicine you are using.
Tip 9: Inform Your Insurance Company If Trip Plan Changes
Many people do not inform to
their insurance agency when they change in insurance plan and the most mistakes
are that they forget or intentionally do not inform their departure time and
arrival time. This is the worst case and
most important reason to get rejected their claim. Logically why any insurance
company covers you if they do not know where you are and what you are doing.
They simple void you policy. So inform as soon as you are planning to change
your plan r any part the plan.
Tip 10: Show the Proofs of Departure and Arrival
Travel insurance companies
sometimes check the proofs of your travel and sadly few people forget to keep
record of their medical expenses and other costs and get rejected. There are
few ways to keep record such as use credit card on the first day and last day
of your trip. Some health insurance companies recommend using stamp on passport
while departing from and arriving to your country.
These travel health
insurance tips help travelers to purchase insurance policy properly, to get
affordable health insurance, to know how to choose deductable which less
premium and finally to know how to claim.