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Travel Medical Insurance & Evacuation Cover Explained
Hospital bills & emergency airlifts.
In shortTravel medical insurance pays for hospital treatment you need while you are abroad, and evacuation cover pays to move you somewhere that can actually treat you — or to bring you home. Together they are the reason travel insurance exists at all. Every other benefit on the policy is small money by comparison.
The full guide covers
- What the medical benefit pays for
- Evacuation and repatriation, which are three different things
- How much cover to buy, using real numbers
- Sub-limits: the number that quietly reduces your cover
- What is excluded
- How to use the cover when it matters