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Solutions for Medical Emergencies while Traveling Abroad
Attention American & Canadian Residents & Travelers!
What would you do if faced with an unexpected medical emergency while traveling in Baja, or anywhere in Mexico?
Do you rely upon health insurance, like a PPO, HMO, Medicare, VA or national healthcare to cover unexpected medical bills when you travel? Would you prefer to be air evacuated all the way HOME for treatment where your insurance covers you, and with your own doctors, hospital, & loved ones? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then SkyMed is for YOU!
Cathie Smith LoCicero who lived in Cabo San Lucas, Baja, has been a SkyMed representative since 2002. Cathie helps people eliminate the expense of a costly air evacuation when their primary or travel emergency medical insurance air evacuation policy, doesn’t cover it, has high deductibles or co-pays, or restricts the circumstances of the transport. SkyMed membership has plans for people who live in Mexico, are frequent visitors, and also short term programs, starting at 4 days for a trip to Mexico.
Offering short or long term emergency air evacuation protection programs for trips to Mexico, as well as travel throughout the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Belize, and Costa Rica; whether you fly, drive, or take a cruise within our service area, one issue in the back of the mind of every traveler is, "if something happens to me, how do I get home?" Suffering a critical accident or illness can not only ruin a vacation but cost you, the traveler, tens of thousands of dollars!
And in these hard economic times, saving thousands of dollars in the event of an unexpected medical emergency is more important than ever! Sky Med provides you with peace of mind. When our members suffer medical emergencies and need an air ambulance while traveling more than 100 air miles from home; in the United States including Alaska and Hawaii, throughout Canada, all over Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda, Belize, and Costa Rica, our solution returns them to their local hospital in their home town, their own medical care providers, where their primary medical insurance covers them, and to their family and friends…ALL the way home! SkyMed pays 100%! You never pay a cent out of pocket. No deductibles, no co-pays, no claim forms. SkyMed takes you HOME, and it's affordable too!
SkyMed is not an insurance policy but a membership plan that can provide you better emergency medical services than many emergency resident and travelers’ insurance policies. SkyMed membership offers a full package to fly you home covering 100% of the costs to get you home to your own medical provider of choice to help you reduce the emergency medical costs to live in Mexico and give you the security of going to your own doctor “back home”. So whether you are a short term traveler in need of a program that goes beyond your travel insurance policy or an ex-pat living in Mexico that has medical insurance in your home country and want to get home, SkyMed is the answer for you.
Many plans sold as “emergency travel” insurance merely provide transport to the closest “appropriate” hospital. The closest “appropriate” hospital can be thousands of miles from your home and cost you and your spouse thousands of dollars in hotel and other expenses! Travelers who suffer serious medical problems can be left stranded by the very “emergency travel” insurance they relied upon for protection.
SkyMed membership benefits include hospital-to hospital emergency medical air transportation, including airport/hospital ground ambulance transfers, transportation for recuperation at home, commercial carrier escort flights, escort transportation, minor children and grandchildren return, RV and/or vehicle return, visitor transportation, return transportation after recovery, incidental expense allowance, organ retrieval, organ recipient transportation, and physical remains return.
SkyMed has programs for U.S. and Canadian residents who travel more than 100 air miles from their homes; a program for Americans and Canadians living in Mexico (100 miles from home waived); and options for helicopter, primary driver disability, 100 mile from home waiver, ground ambulance services beyond airport/hospital service, and SkyMed Plus endorsement that provides many additional travel services. The new Ultimate plan is a five year membership that includes ALL the SkyMed options and saves our member from $1000 to $1600 in additional benefits.
We now have an extended package that covers the entire world! Ask for more information if you are planning a trip outside the SkyMed service area of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Belize, and Costa Rica.
Cathie Smith LoCicero, SkyMed VP Latin America, will assist you to choose the specific SkyMed program that suits you and your family's particular needs. Phone (US) 575-527-8227 or 1-800-475-9633 ext. 9934. Email cathie.smith@skymed.com
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