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Originally Posted by Caymus
Where you in US waters? I was listening to a podcast recently where they cover this. They said traditional Medicare only covers it if the event occurs in US territory and the closest hospital is in a foreign country. They also mentioned that some supplement plans may cover it. They recommended medical/travel insurance for outside the US.
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Are you sure they said "supplement plans"? As I understand it, a supplement plan will never cover anything that is not covered by traditional Medicare. The only thing they cover is the 20 percent coinsurance after Medicare has approved the claim and paid the other 80 percent. Supplement plans are not set up to cover anything else. If traditional Medicare rejects a claim, a supplement will pay nothing.