CDC, Ebola and health insurance:

[hedgehog]

From the CDC web page

"Avoid nonessential travel to Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
If you must travel, please make sure to do the following:

Before your trip check your health insurance plan and benefits to learn what is covered"

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/ebola-guinea

Now, the CDC does go on to say that you should make sure you are covered for emergency medical evacuation, but I find the advice to check your insurance policy morbidly wonderful.

[pnwmom]

1. And if you have no health insurance, better not get exposed to Ebola!

Though I've talked to a surprising number of DUers who are convinced that Duncan's being turned away the first time couldn't possibly have had anything to do with his lack of health insurance.

[Barack_America]

2. Well, there's only one full hospital in the entirety of Liberia....

...so fairly easy to ring up to see if they're in-network.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. medical evacuation is a real concern for international travelers...

our company provides a 'rider' just for that eventuality. there is not much worse that i can think of related to travel than being stuck in a foreign country, whose healthcare options may be very limited, and being told that you can fly home in that air-ambulance, but it is going to be on your own dime (or $100,000... give or take).

sP

[hedgehog]

4. I agree that it is a serious consideration for travelers -

it's just that as I read the phrase "check you coverage" I imagined calling up the insurance company and asking if I'm covered for Ebola......

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. yeah... i can see that...

we just got out of the hospital yesterday (my wife had some tests) and i can't wait to see what's NOT covered...

sP

[notadmblnd]

6. I wonder how many people even know that there is such a thing as emergency medical evacuation ins?

I did not know.