Had ex pat thoughts in year 2000...healthcare in Jamaica is a bit of an issue...
Will Medicare cover you in Jamaica?
Had ex pat thoughts in year 2000...healthcare in Jamaica is a bit of an issue...
Will Medicare cover you in Jamaica?
NO...................... Even if it did you wouldn't want to be there.Originally Posted by Papa Georgie
Here's the list,
If it's serious........Emergency care in Negril/Westmoreland is to get stabilized and get back to the US if you can (BTW. Nurse Beth is a Godsend)
If it's not serious talk to the local bush doctor.
If you have the financial ability there are great hospitals in Kingston...but you got to get there.
But you better have some kind of plan...I carry medexassit every year
Cap
Linston's Zion Hill Taxi
Captain Dave
Thanks Cap.
Unfortunately that may be the deal breaker right there.
I take a medicine (daily) that borders on poison (warfarin aka Decon when used as a rat poison) that has to be checked on a monthly basis (at least).
Where do dreams go to die? (hyperbole alert).
That rug really tied the room together.
Medicare doesn't cover you outside of the USA with very few exceptions. emergency care for example if you are on death's door. From Medicare.gov:
Medicare may pay for inpatient hospital, doctor, ambulance services, or dialysis you get in a foreign country in these rare cases:
You're in the U.S. when a medical emergency occurs, and the foreign hospital is closer than the nearest U.S. hospital that can treat your medical condition.
You're traveling through Canada without unreasonable delay by the most direct route between Alaska and another state when a medical emergency occurs, and the Canadian hospital is closer than the nearest U.S. hospital that can treat the emergency.
You live in the U.S. and the foreign hospital is closer to your home than the nearest U.S. hospital that can treat your medical condition, regardless of whether an emergency exists.
In some cases, Medicare*may cover medically necessary health care services you get on board a ship within the territorial waters adjoining the land areas of the U.S. Medicare won't pay for health care services you get when a ship is more than 6 hours away from a U.S. port.
Medicare drug plans don't cover prescription drugs you buy outside the U.S.
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