How is AirMed different from travel insurance?
There are many differences, such as no deductibles, no claims to file, no maximum dollar limit and no out-of-pocket costs for transports with AirMed. Also, travel insurance normally covers just one trip. AirMed Traveler is an annual membership program that works anytime you are hospitalized more than 150 miles from home. Travel insurance covers taking you to “the nearest appropriate facility” of their choice if they deem it a “medical necessity.” That means you have no control over how, when, if and where you will get treated. For only $225 per year, a Solo AirMed Traveler (or their families and personal physicians) can always decide if they want to be transported, and which hospital is best for them—no matter how far away it is. Let’s say you live in Chicago and have a boating accident, heart problem or bad virus in the Caribbean. You may be in that “nearest facility” hospital in Puerto Rico or Miami for a long time, because unless you can board a commercial plane or have the AirMed T
