Canadians Travelling
Your government health plan will only provide limited medical coverage while you are travelling out of your home province. Travel medical insurance provides excess emergency coverage for Canadians travelling out of their home province. Most policies now have a limit of $5,000,000.
Benefits include:
- Private or semi-private hospital accommodation for emergency medical care,
- Emergency medical, surgical or anesthetic services,
- Emergency extended health benefits such as:
- Prescription drugs,
- Diagnostic and laboratory services,
- Ambulance services,
- Accidental dental and emergency dental treatment,
- Transportation of a family member or friend to your hospital bedside,
- Emergency transportation to the nearest appropriate medical facility or Canadian hospital,
- Return of your vehicle to your home or rental agency,
- Return of your children with an escort if you are evacuated to Canada ,
- Ambulance services by air, land or sea,
- Emergency round trip; get a free flight home and back to your destination,