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Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« on: December 11, 2024, 02:30:23 PM »
My parents made Aliyah several years ago from the US. They will IYH be coming back to America in January/February and wanted to get travel health insurance. They're being quoted over $450 for just 9 days from Israeli companies. Can they use American companies for this, which might be cheaper or it has to come from their origin country? They're American citizens and use my American address for mail and things.

Thanks!

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Re: Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2024, 04:06:19 PM »
My parents made Aliyah several years ago from the US. They will IYH be coming back to America in January/February and wanted to get travel health insurance. They're being quoted over $450 for just 9 days from Israeli companies. Can they use American companies for this, which might be cheaper or it has to come from their origin country? They're American citizens and use my American address for mail and things.

Thanks!
Who is quoting them that? Their provider, or someone else?
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Re: Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2024, 04:18:37 PM »
Look for insurance for expats, it is available. Eg IMG sells it. Definitely don't buy and put your address as if they live there, don't want to play around with insurance.
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Re: Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2024, 05:19:10 PM »
Who is quoting them that? Their provider, or someone else?
I'm not certain, but I think it's someone they reached out to in Israel. Although they said it was from two or three different places they asked in Israel.

I'll send them the IMG website, thank you!

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Re: Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2024, 12:56:17 AM »
I'm not certain, but I think it's someone they reached out to in Israel. Although they said it was from two or three different places they asked in Israel.
Well find out if they asked their own provider. IIRC (it was 2016), I found Meuchedet reasonable.
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Re: Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2024, 01:03:28 AM »
My parents made Aliyah several years ago from the US. They will IYH be coming back to America in January/February and wanted to get travel health insurance. They're being quoted over $450 for just 9 days from Israeli companies. Can they use American companies for this, which might be cheaper or it has to come from their origin country? They're American citizens and use my American address for mail and things.

Thanks!
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Re: Travel health insurance for elderly parents
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2024, 06:27:23 AM »
My parents made Aliyah several years ago from the US. They will IYH be coming back to America in January/February and wanted to get travel health insurance. They're being quoted over $450 for just 9 days from Israeli companies. Can they use American companies for this, which might be cheaper or it has to come from their origin country? They're American citizens and use my American address for mail and things.

Thanks!

1. Do they have Medicare?
2. Any health issues?
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