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Benefits – Emergency Evacuation

Benefits of Emergency Evacuation Coverage

MedjetAssist Emergency Evacuation Service is a membership program, not a health insurance plan or travel insurance plan. As a membership program, it offers more and better services…and better value. Unlike the competition, MedjetAssist arranges medical flight and medical repatriation services for its members, both worldwide and domestically. Our members choose if they want to continue their hospital care at their home hospital, or any other hospital of their choice in their home country, through our network of authorized affiliates. And there are no additional costs to worry about and no limits on total air-medical transport expenses.

No Medical Necessity

MedjetAssist members are transferred without regard to medical necessity. This means members, as long as they are hospitalized as an inpatient, can choose to be transferred to another hospital in their home country, even if the facility they are in is considered adequate. The choice is theirs. It’s that simple!

In contrast, health and travel insurance plans and platinum card benefits require that a transfer be medically required. In other words, as long as the care at a hospital is deemed adequate, transferring to another hospital is not an option.

Home Country Hospital of Choice

MedjetAssist arranges medical transport and medical repatriation services to the member’s home hospital or hospital of their choice in their home country. The competition generally restricts transports to the nearest hospital that provides “appropriate care.” This means individuals are taken to a hospital the shortest distance away that has adequate care, but not necessarily the best care.

MedjetAssist members, if hospitalized, do not have to worry about being transferred to a nearby hospital in a foreign country that has only adequate medical care. Members choose if they want to fly home to their local hospital or hospital of their choice in their home country to receive the very best care and to be near their family.

No Cost Limits

MedjetAssist has no limit on the cost of a medical transfer. Many companies and insurance plans place caps, some as low as $25,000, on the total amount available for an air-ambulance. But a medical transfer between Europe and America can run more than $70,000. Middle East and South American flights range from $60,000 to $100,000. Transfer from Asia often exceeds $130,000.

Domestic Transfers

Only MedjetAssist arranges medical flight services within the United States as well as abroad. Travel insurance plans and platinum card benefits only cover travel in other countries. If a MedjetAssist member becomes ill or injured and is hospitalized while traveling 150 miles or more from their primary residence as listed on their membership in the U.S. or abroad, MedjetAssist will arrange transfer to the member’s home hospital, or the hospital of their choice in their home country. If a MedjetAssist Elite member is hospitalized in their hometown hospital and requires the services that only a specialty hospital (center of excellence) can provide, MedjetAssist will arrange medical transfer for that member to the specialty hospital in their home country, provided it is more than 150 miles from the member’s home hospital.

MedjetAssist Beats the Competition

Coverage: Medjet PlansPlatinum CardsTravel Insurance
The provider arranges medical transfer for the member regardless of medical necessity.YesNoNo
The provider allows the member to determine to which home country medical facility to be moved.YesNoNo
The provider arranges medical transfers in the United States as well as internationally.YesNoYes

MedJet Emergency Evacuation:  Learn More
Features: Emergency Evacuation to the Hospital of Your Choice
“We arrange transfer regardless of medical necessity, regardless of cost and with no restrictions on the amount or type of travel you take.”

Additional Benefits with an Emergency Evacuation Plan

Worldwide Air Medical Transport

When a member becomes hospitalized as an inpatient due to an illness or injury while traveling 150 miles or more from home, either within or outside the contiguous United States, MedjetAssist will arrange air medical transport services to the hospital of the member’s choice in their home country.

Medical Referrals

MedjetAssist representatives will provide contact information for doctors and hospitals in the area in which the member is traveling. Telephone interpretation can also be provided when necessary. The selection and payment of the medical provider remain the member’s responsibility.

Medical Monitoring/Consultation

As soon as MedjetAssist is notified of a member’s medical situation, the medical staff will establish communication with both the family and the local attending medical provider, obtain a full understanding of the situation and begin to monitor the member’s condition. Medical professionals will stay in communication with the local medical personnel and relay necessary information to the member and his or her family or employer until the situation is resolved, and the member is either able to resume travel or a medical transfer is initiated.

Telephone Interpretation

Members can receive help with foreign-language interpretation over the telephone when they are having difficulty communicating with local medical specialists by calling our toll-free number (800-963-3538 or call 205-595-6626 in the U.S., Canada, or the Caribbean) or calling collect from anywhere in the world.

Emergency Message Relay

Members may send and receive emergency messages to and from relatives, friends, and business associates toll-free, 24 hours a day, through the MedjetAssist staff.

Legal Referrals

MedjetAssist provides contact information for attorneys in the areas in which these members are traveling. Telephone interpretation can be provided when necessary. The selection and payment of the attorneys are the responsibility of the members.

Visa, Passport and Immunization Requirements

MedjetAssist will provide information regarding visa, passport, and immunization requirements for foreign countries to which members will be traveling. For an additional cost, members may also receive services such as expedition or replacement of lost or stolen visas and passports.

Travel, Health and Safety Precautions

In addition to providing travel, health, and safety precautions for international destinations, members may also receive comprehensive pre-travel medical consultations for an additional fee.

Transfer of Mortal Remains

In the unfortunate event of a member’s death, while traveling 150 miles or more from home, MedjetAssist will arrange and pay for all necessary government authorization, provide a container appropriate for transportation and return the remains to the member’s place of residence for burial.

MedJet Emergency Evacuation:  Learn More
Features: Emergency Evacuation to the Hospital of Your Choice
“We arrange transfer regardless of medical necessity, regardless of cost and with no restrictions on the amount or type of travel you take.”

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The above is only a consolidated and summary description of all current MedJet benefits, conditions, limitations, and exclusions.

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