Can a Canadian get insurance for medical treatment in the US?
shonester asked:
I have had a chronic medical condition for the last few years - and the Canadian doctors have not helped me at all. I plan on going to the US for a second opinion and for any tests they’ll want done.
I have had a chronic medical condition for the last few years - and the Canadian doctors have not helped me at all. I plan on going to the US for a second opinion and for any tests they’ll want done.
Can I get insurance to help cover the cost somewhat? (This is not the same as travel insurance or emergency insurance.) Also no doctor in Canada is forwarding me down there - I am going by my own choice.
I don’t know if this is considered a “pre-existing condition” though. My doctors say its nothing. But I have had stomach problems for the last few years.
Yvonne
Tags: Canada, Second Opinion, Stomach Problems
July 19th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Antonio
No. It’s a preexisting condition. No one will cover it.
You’ll have to pay for it out of pocket.
**of course it’s pre-existing. It’s something wrong with you, that you need to get medical treatment for. Clearly, you don’t have any faith in your ‘doctors’ because you’re looking to come here for further treatment. YOU know you have something wrong, and THEY know you have something wrong. Even if you don’t know what it is.**
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Tyrone
Sorry to say, but Mbrcatz didn’t get over 3,000 best answers by being wrong. If you have been going to a doctor for something (whether they think it is something or not) you will probably not be able to get insurance for it.
Think about it from the insurers side. If you bought insurance on a car that was already damaged, would you expect to get money for the damage? Insurance is for unknown future losses, not for known current losses/problems.