| Unexpected accident and illness while on vacations | | | | insured by any Canadian Government Health |
| and trips could be very frustrating. This is the reason | | | | Insurance Plan or not have been in Canada more than |
| why US travelers need to avail of a Travel Medical | | | | two years. |
| Insurance when traveling to Canada. All people who | | | | Travel Insurance to Canada is affordable, and the |
| wish to travel may secure themselves with such | | | | benefits come in wonders. Insurance policy provides |
| insurance to avoid the untimely and costly medical | | | | coverage from $10,000 up to $150,000. Visitors to |
| expenses while traveling in Canada. | | | | Canada can avail of the following services on an |
| Injuries, sickness and other unforeseen catastrophic | | | | emergency basis only: confinement in a hospital for |
| events could happen anytime. This is the reason why | | | | standard or semi-private rooms, medical supplies and |
| we should never underestimate the need to have a | | | | services, Registered Nurse Laboratory tests, x-ray |
| travel medical insurance handy. Untimely and uncalled | | | | exams and other diagnostic exams; licensed local land, |
| for financial burden could be so troublesome; and you | | | | air or sea ambulatory services; rental of hospital type |
| wouldn't wish for this to happen to you or your | | | | bed, trusses, braces, crutches, splints and other |
| family. | | | | authorized and approved prosthetic orthopedic |
| Imagine paying $1,500 to $3,500 for daily | | | | appliances; out patient or in patient prescription |
| hospitalization charges as a non-resident of Canada. | | | | medications; return of deceased body to the |
| These daily rates and this rate vary by province, and | | | | insurance holder's residence, cost of burial at place of |
| the patient's condition upon admission. It is indeed so | | | | death, crematory services; and in case of accidents, |
| expensive! The vacation of you dreams can turn into | | | | cost of damage and losses of body parts. |
| an instant nightmare and so much of a traumatic | | | | The following are some of the major exceptions on |
| experience. | | | | travel health insurances that are not covered by |
| Purchasing Canadian travel health insurance helps | | | | Canadian insurance companies: ongoing treatment |
| visitors and tourists from incurring these liabilities and | | | | after emergency illness or after immediate treatment |
| expenses. Not only are the aforementioned expenses | | | | done, traveling against physician's orders, illegal drug |
| paid by the insurance companies, the cost of their | | | | or alcohol abuse induced sickness and injuries, criminal |
| return home will may also be covered by the travel | | | | activities, actions of war, kidnapping, terrorism, or |
| insurance companies. Coverage is available to visitors | | | | military exercises. |
| provided that they are in current good health, not | | | | |