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
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Nevermind.
Last edited by HarryS; 01-14-2017 at 08:22 PM.
I hear you Cap. For many years, I stayed for 6 months at a time but found myself more and more anxious to get back to So. Florida to actually get things done.
I love Jamaica but the slow pace can become a little frustrating for me sometimes.
Now, at the 3 month point, I feel satisfied enough to stay a little while longer but even more happy to be going home at the same time.
Jamaica is like a medicine to me. It treats the need to travel and to do good work in my retirement years. But, like a medicine, I believe it is advisable to watch your dosage.
I just returned 3 weeks ago and I am ready to go back but I will wait until it is time to see the doctor again.
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What can I say I'm two years+ gone from the island?
Red ground or Red Hill, I've walked those streets many times and BTW there is a hill in Red Ground, and a great bar too.
That rug really tied the room together.
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.
Congrats JDd, my point was a rose by any other name . . .
That rug really tied the room together.
From the medicare.gov website:
Travel (when you need health care outside the U.S.)
How often is it covered?
In general, health care you get while traveling outside the U.S. isn't covered. The 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa are considered part of the U.S. **
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.
Medicare supplement insurance (Medigap) policies may cover you when you travel outside the U.S.
Cap? Local bush doctor?
Like "some tablets and ganja tea"?
Just a bit of levity. Local MDs are great and that's where I'd go .
However if you just feel like crap or have a sniffle a little bush tea is good for you.
I drink Cerasee tea. Fever grass Tea is good too.
Cap
Last edited by captaind; 01-15-2017 at 04:42 PM.
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