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Originally posted by larryshores:
Wonder if claims will get paid should there be one?

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Wonder if claims will get paid should there be one?

No.

Repeat NO!

Just another excuse to take your money!

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Wonder if claims will get paid should there be one?

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Many places I have traveled and hunted require this.

Not a problem for anyone with decent private insurance, which is what's truly needed.

Not the $44.00 policy from whoever in Tanzania.

But here’s the reality, even with back up.

I was injured in a traffic accident while traveling abroad.

I suffered three broken ribs and torn and sprained ligaments in my right knee, including my ACL.

I was rushed to an emergency room and seen by a doctor, had x-rays taken and was treated and released.

But not before I had to present my credit card for payment. Five or six thousand US dollars, as I recall.

Foreign medical providers do not want to be troubled by less than prompt payment, not even by big-time American insurance companies.

After I got home, my insurance company paid my claim, which at that point was of course a reimbursement.

The surgery came later and was also covered, but this time prospectively.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
I actually think this is a good idea, especially for Tanzania, which has socialized medicine. While I'm not sure I understand the new law because I couldn't access the whole article, what I understand is that a foreign tourist has to have private travel insurance to come into the county so that Tanzania isn't responsible if they have a medical issue in-country. (wouldn't really be a problem because you'd die before you got treated in a Tanzanian hospital), but a good concept. I think the US should do the same thing so the government doesn't get stuck with tourists medical expenses.

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Originally posted by fulvio:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
I actually think this is a good idea, especially for Tanzania, which has socialized medicine. While I'm not sure I understand the new law because I couldn't access the whole article, what I understand is that a foreign tourist has to have private travel insurance to come into the county so that Tanzania isn't responsible if they have a medical issue in-country. (wouldn't really be a problem because you'd die before you got treated in a Tanzanian hospital), but a good concept. I think the US should do the same thing so the government doesn't get stuck with tourists medical expenses.

Every single tourist is obliged, without exception, to pay the $45 upon disembarking, irrespective of any international medical/travel insurance that one may be holding.

Hence, good money for old rope.

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by fulvio:

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Originally posted by lavaca:
I actually think this is a good idea, especially for Tanzania, which has socialized medicine. While I'm not sure I understand the new law because I couldn't access the whole article, what I understand is that a foreign tourist has to have private travel insurance to come into the county so that Tanzania isn't responsible if they have a medical issue in-country. (wouldn't really be a problem because you'd die before you got treated in a Tanzanian hospital), but a good concept. I think the US should do the same thing so the government doesn't get stuck with tourists medical expenses.

Every single tourist is obliged, without exception, to pay the $45 upon disembarking, irrespective of any international medical/travel insurance that one may be holding.

Hence, good money for old rope.

Is it happening now?