How to manage healthcare, insurance coverage, & medical emergencies when traveling abroad as a digital nomad | Ep 25

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How to manage healthcare, insurance coverage, & medical emergencies when traveling abroad as a digital nomad

Do you have a desire to travel the world as a digital nomad, but haven’t done so yet due to a fear of health issues or medical emergencies happening while you’re abroad?

If so, this episode is for you.

While you could read a million blog posts about how healthcare works in foreign countries, nothing beats the tales of real health scares and stories from people who have been there and done that when it comes to medical care abroad.

In this episode, Jeff and Marisa share countless examples of how they've personally handled healthcare emergencies in foreign countries throughout their 10+ years combined of living as digital nomads. From brain scans to unknown rashes to rabies scares to dental work and everything in between.

You’ll also hear…

• The ONE APP you MUST have on your phone to navigate healthcare and medical emergencies in foreign countries
• The difference between travel insurance and travel health insurance (you DON’T want to confuse these two)
• The 3 travel companies we buy travel insurance through (this can save you hours of research!)
• Whether or not you need to buy travel health insurance in addition to your health insurance policy in your home country (you may or may not need to depending on how long you’re out of the country)
• What to do if you’re in a super remote location and something goes wrong
• The 7 medications to bring with you ahead of time in case you’re in a bind
• Why this past year was the year of health problems abroad fo Jeff

Join us as we share the times we’ve had an unidentified growing rash in a tropical destination, got bit by a monkey, walked off a wall and had to get x-rays of a foot, had a bulge in our stomach and had to go the hospital, get a root canal, and experience a hernia…all while abroad in destinations where we didn’t speak the language.

Through hearing these stories, we hope that it gives you the courage to know that you can manage any health scare abroad too (hopefully you’ll have none).

[Note: This episode does not provide legal or medical advice…these are simply our experiences].

Links mentioned:

• World Nomad health insurance
• SafetyWing
• Allianz
• Doctoralia (find a doctor in latin america)

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