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Old 02-02-2020, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by mulligan View Post
My guess, to answer your original question, would be a medical facility in a foreign country would not want anything to do with medicare.You would have to pay for service and submit the claim when you get home.
Exactly correct and is why Ed at Yankee Trails says if someone can call you grandma or grandpa you need travel insurance.

My sister broke her hip in a fall in Italy and they would not let her leave the hospital until she paid her bill $50,000.