United Healthcare Travel Insurance for Visitors to the USA

Yes. Visitors, tourists, students, and others can all buy travel health insurance in the US. We recommend the travel insurance for visitors be purchased from the day they leave their home country until they return, however, most companies allow you to purchase it even after the traveler has already started their journey.

Visitor or travel medical insurance is for unexpected medical expenses while on your trip. Many travel insurance for visitors plans also cover baggage loss/ delay, trip delays, and have other benefits to help travelers with unexpected problems (loss of documents, etc). Since they are meant to be used in an emergency, you can use any doctor/hospital. In a non-emergency situation, you should consult your documentation and try to stay in-network (if applicable) while in the US since this will likely help defray your out-of-pocket cost.

Visitor insurance USA is travel insurance that can be purchased for travel in the US and for travel outside one’s home country. Visitors Insurance provides coverage for unexpected health care expenses due to accident or sickness while traveling. Travelers can compare and buy the best US travel insurance plans at American Visitor Insurance.

Often health insurance from a home country will not cover you while you are traveling in a different country. If you are in a country with high medical costs such as the US, Canada, or Japan, you should consider purchasing international travel insurance in case you should need any medical care. The travel insurance for tourists will help defray costs and also often has many travel benefits (trip delay, trip interruption, baggage loss) that will also assist a traveler in getting back on track with their trip.

United Healthcare primarily focuses on health insurance within the United States. However, some US insurance providers who focus on international travel insurance also work with United Healthcare for their PPO network while offering different types of travel insurance, including coverage for medical expenses, trip cancellation/interruption, baggage loss, travel delays, and more for international travel.

Like any health insurance policy, United Healthcare visitor travel insurance has some exclusions and limitations that apply to certain situations and conditions. For example, some of the common exclusions are pre-existing medical conditions, elective or cosmetic procedures, war or terrorism, and participation in extreme sports or activities.

United Healthcare PPO network is offered for the following types of international travel insurance plans : International Travel Medical insurance and Travel Protection or trip cancellation insurance plans. The first type covers health care costs, including evacuation, while traveling internationally. The second type covers trip cancellation, interruption, and delay costs while traveling overseas or within the US.

The INF plans use the United Healthcare Preferred Provider Organisation (PPO). This means that even if the pre-existing coverage limit is low, customers will still be able to access the full PPO discounts via United Health Care (UHC).

For example : A customer has to go to the Emergency Room (ER) for blood pressure and get a bill of $10,000 and the customer has the INF HOP UltraPlus plan. Although the UltraPlus covers $700 for pre-existing, the customer will get the PPO discount on the bill since it is covered. This in itself can translate to very significant savings such as an 80% discount + $700 paid out. This means your total coverage was $8,700 and out of pocket expense is only $1,300.