A B.C. couple on a fixed income is facing a $50,000 US hospital bill, despite buying travel health insurance for their last trip...
...Last year, they bought full medical coverage as usual, through their broker, from Prime Link Travel Medical Insurance. While in California, Anna had to go to hospital with a blood clot in her leg.
Records show the U.S. hospital checked with Prime Link, which is underwritten by Manulife, to see if she had insurance, and was told she did. Her bill for treatment was $10,000 a day, for five days.
The couple said they were shocked when the insurance company later refused to pay the bill, because of how Anna answered one question on her initial application form.
Let's hope this publicity will help this couple out of this mess. How anyone can think the American system is "the best in the world" is beyond me.
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