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01. Terms of insurance

  1. What are the advantages of buying my visitor insurance with you?
  2. Find out the healthcare cost in USA?
  3. What are the differences between comprehensive and fixed or scheduled benefits plans?
  4. What are the differences between trip, travel medical and global plans?
  5. Can you explain with an example my expenses for different types of insurance plans?
  6. What are the fixed benefits plans?
  7. What are the comprehensive plans?
  8. What is the effect of Obamacare changes on visitors to US of US expatriates?
  9. Which are the popular annual multi-trip insurance plans?
  10. Is united healthcare insurance available for visitors to USA?
  11. What is the difference between Trawick International's primary and secondary insurance coverage?
  12. What are the different US Visa Insurance?
  13. What is the cost of Visitors Medical Insurance?
  14. How to buy Visitors Insurance?
  15. How does Visitors Health Insurance work?
  16. Buying best visitors health insurance for Coronavirus?
  17. Does visitor travel insurance cover covid19 illness?
02. Comparison of popular visitor insurance plans

  1. Atlas America vs Patriot Travel vs Travel Medical Choice
  2. Atlas America vs Patriot Travel Insurance
  3. Atlas America vs Travel Medical Choice
  4. Patriot Travel Insurance vs Travel Medical Choice
  5. Visitors Care vs Visitor Secure vs Travel Medical USA Visitor Insurance
  6. Travel Medical USA Visitor Basic vs Visitors Care
  7. VisitorSecure vs Travel Medical USA Visitor Basic
  8. Visitors Care vs Visitor Secure
  9. What are the best fixed benefits visitors insurance plans
  10. Could you please indicate the difference between the Patriot America and the Patriot America Plus plans?
  11. Patriot America Lite vs Patriot America Plus
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03. Purchasing a plan

  1. I am a non US citizen and my daughter is US citizen. We both live outside US and want to visit US. Are we eligible for the plans covering US citizens in US?
  2. Is there any plan that can cover me in the US and outside of it, as long as it is not my country of residence?
  3. If I enroll from August 7 through August, 31, can then enroll again in December? (without returning to my country of residence in between these two periods of coverage)
  4. My family and I have different travel dates, as my family is staying for a longer period than me. Do I buy a separate plan or buy a plan for everyone together?
  5. What are the advantages of buying travel insurance with an US insurer as opposed to buying it in my native country?
  6. There are so many choices of insurance plans offered by different companies. How do I know which plan best fits my needs?
  7. When should I purchase the visitor health insurance plan?
  8. Is it safe to buy visitor health insurance online?
  9. What proof will I have of having purchased these visitor medical insurance plans?
  10. After 6 months is there a way to get coverage? And is the payment plan monthly or I have to buy 6 months directly? Is there a discount of buying for the entire period?
  11. I have an A3 Visa. Are there insurance policies for A3 Visa?
  12. I need to purchase Atlas insurance for my Columbian friend. Can I put my friend's name as the applicant and give my address as the mailing address and purchase the insurance on my Credit Card?
  13. My son is still an infant, so this means he is covered free under my wife's Atlas plan, right?
  14. Since my son is not covered for free under my wife's coverage, could my wife and son buy 2 separate plans(different deductibles and maximum benefits) or do they have to be in 1 plan?
  15. We do not really care about pregnant and maternity coverage as well as travel coverage (baggage lost....) or terrorism, evacuation coverage. Is there any way to opt out these benefit and add Dental coverage?
  16. The plan says: "Hospital precertification penalty- 50% of eligible medical expenses". *Please help me understand this too.
  17. What is the ideal time to buy travel health insurance or visitors medical insurance?
  18. Do I need a Social Security number to purchase visitor insurance?
  19. How do I purchase visitor medical insurance? When does the insurance take effect?
  20. Is this insurance plan purchased on a calendar monthly basis, or can a plan span 2 calendar months?
  21. When I buy a policy for more than one person, I am asked for only one passport number. Don't you need the passport number of all applicants?
  22. I am having H1 Visa. I am looking for health insurance and wondering if Visitors Care plan works for me? Does it have arrival time restriction?
  23. Will I have to pay myself or can the Insurer make direct billing to the provider if I buy Visitors Care?
  24. How do I know which hospitals I can go to with Visitors Care plan?
  25. What should I do so the provider recognises the insurance plan I have?
  26. Meaning of: "I understand that Lloyd's operates as an approved, non-admitted insurer in all states of the United States except Illinois and Kentucky where they are admitted. As such, claims under this insurance may not be made against any state guaranty fund."
  27. Can I purchase a plan if I visit my country of citizenship, when my country of residence is different from my country of Citizenship?
  28. Does the insured need to have a medical examination before buying the plan?
  29. Are there any medical tests required before buying the insurance?
  30. While purchasing the plan, I am able to type the signature but not insert the signature electronically. Is this fine?
  31. What are pre-existing conditions?
  32. What is the difference between Urgent Care and Emergency Services?
  33. What are the short term visitor insurance options for US citizens living outside USA while visiting USA?
  34. What are the insurance options available for older travelers?
  35. Can I buy the Global Platinum plan from IMG if my Green Card is in progress?
  36. What is the difference between Global Gold Plus and Global Medical Platinum?
  37. We are travelling in large groups? How do we buy travel insurance?
  38. How do I find the network hospital or doctor?
  39. I want Trip Cancellation Insurance? Which is the best trip cancellation insurance?
  40. I travel frequently. Find me some best travel insurance plans?
  41. What is the best travel insurance for US senior citizens above 65 years, travelling outside USA?
04. Parents specific information

  1. My parents are yet to start their travel, can I buy insurance for them in their absence before they arrive here?
  2. Can I buy insurance for only part of my parents visit to the US?
  3. Should I buy a combined policy for both my parents or separate individual policies for them?
  4. Should I buy visitor insurance before my parents reach USA, or after their arrival here?
05. Information about dependents

  1. How do you define dependents?
  2. Can same-sex partners purchase a policy if they could put themselves down as "spouse" whether legally married or not as the application forms assume one male and one female?
  3. Can people who live together (maybe man and woman) who are legal domestic partners but not married sign up for a policy together or should they get separate policies?
06. Comparison between popular plans

  1. What are the differences between Travel Medical Basic, Travel Medical Choice and Travel Medical Plus plans?
  2. What are the differences between Inbound USA Basic, Inbound USA Choice and Inbound USA Elite plans?
  3. What are the differences between Trip Protection Choice and Trip Protection Basic plans?
  4. What are the differences between Patriot Travel and Patriot Platinum Plans?
  5. Compare Patriot Travel and Patriot Platinum plans?
  6. What are the differences between Diplomat America and Diplomat Longterm plans?
  7. What are the differences between Atlas America and Patriot America and Travel Medical plans?
  8. What are the differences between Inbound USA, Visitors Care and Visitors Secure plans?
  9. What is the difference between Patriot America and Safe Travels USA?
  10. What is the difference between Patriot America, Safe Travels USA vs Atlas America?
  11. What is the difference between Safe Travels USA, comprehensive and cost saver plans?
  12. What is the difference between Safe travels international vs cost saver?
  13. What is the difference between Atlas America and Safe travels USA?
  14. What is the difference between Safe Travels, Atlas Travel, Patriot Travel and Travel Medical Plans?
  15. Compare Visitor Insurance Plans?

Other Faqs

What does visitor travel insurance cover?

Health care expenses

Covers hospital medical expenses for sickness or accidents during travel.

Doctor visit

Covers Doctor visits in case of sudden injury or sickness.

Pharmacy drugs

Expenses from Doctor prescribed eligible pharmacy drugs.

Pre-existing conditions

Some plans cover acute onset of pre-existing conditions.

Medical evacuation

Medical evacuation expenses to nearest facility if needed.

Repat of remains

Repatriation of remains expenses to home country in case of death.

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