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[Kaypea]

Hi everybody,

I was looking at purchasing travel insurance from World Nomad travel, but they say that you need to have coverage in your residential home (ie. where you would like to be repatiriated in the event of severe injury or the unthinkable).

I was checking the BC (my home province) health coverage website, but I'm not sure if I'm covered.

On the one hand, I never cancelled my insurance, so I might still be on the rolls.

But, they state that if you move out of the country, your health insurance expires within a month.

I think there was a discussion on this recently, but I can't find it.

Any advice as to travel insurance? I don't think it would make sense to be repatriated to Korea if I get injured..

[runthegauntlet]

If you're still in the middle of your contract and have NHC here, you might want to be repatriated here. If your friends and family and everyone else are back in Canada, you may want to be sent there.

No easy answer to this but in the end, most likely not going to be an issue anyway.

[Kaypea]

Thanks, Run. LOVE the avatar, BTW. Did you do it yourself?

I just did a simple google search and found the last conversation from here on travel insurance.

I think you made the point that basically, if you needed repatriation, you'd be so messed up that you would need family, even if just to say goodbye.

Good point, but World Nomad won't even insure me without at-home insurance.

SO I think I'll list Korea as my country of residence, just to have some coverage in case I get robbed or somewhat injured, but still able to work in a reasonable amount of time.

IF I GET REALLY MANGLED UP OR DIE~

I'm sure I'll find some way back to British Columbia.

[runthegauntlet]

[Kaypea]

The lady specifically said that I had to be covered by my provincial health care plan for her to insure me. I think it may be a special thing to do with being Canadian or being from my province, British Columbia.

I didn't see anything about having to need home coverage until I read the details specific to my case. And, the lady confirmed it in an email.

Any resident of BC (or any Canadian province, I guess) automatically gets health insurance, as long as they live there, which may be why they only take Canadians (or people from BC) who are currently covered.

however, it's strange that they will cover uninsured Americans just the same... who knows?


So, I think I'll get the insurance and sign up as a resident of Korea, because our health insurance doesn't cover any treatment we may need while in other countries.

[runthegauntlet]

Ah, I see. Alright, thanks for the heads up! I'll look into it more myself. Have a good trip!