Medical insurance/assistance??

So, are MedJet Assist and Global Rescue the same thing, just two different companies? I want to get this stuff straight in my mind before I make any financial committment to either one. Thanks.

Gord

Two different cos.

Medjet assist
Air Medical Transport & Global Travel Assistance | Medical Transport Service

Global Rescue
https://www.globalrescue.com/

Thanks. I saw one of your earlier posts just after I submitted mine, and made a call. I think I will become a member, as I going to be doing other things (like a fly-in moose hunt this fall) that might be wise to have covered.

Gord

One question that needs to be asked before you buy is regarding remote evacuation.

For instance, if you are in North America do you get remote evacuation or only in Africa?
Some plans only evac you in Southern Africa and not North America or elsewhere.

With insurance the devil is in the details.

Some information on Global Rescue as well as a video introduction:



Global Rescue is the premier provider of medical, security, advisory and evacuation services worldwide. We will come and get you at the point of illness or injury and bring you to your home country hospital of choice, given that you require inpatient hospitalization and are more than 160 miles from home.

There are several key differentiators that set us apart from any other medical and/or non-medical evacuation provider including:
- Deployable medical, security and field rescue teams for travelers in remote areas

- Evacuation from the point of illness or injury to the home country hospital of choice

- 24/7 operations center staffed by critical-care trained paramedics, doctors and special operations veterans

- Deployable medical personnel to serve as bedside case managers

- Medical consultation by Johns Hopkins Medicine physicians and specialists (the USA痴 top ranked hospital for the last 19 consecutive years according to US News and World Report)

- Extraction services available for security emergencies and natural disasters performed by Navy SEALs and other military special operations veterans

Originally Posted by LiegeRiver

So, are MedJet Assist and Global Rescue the same thing, just two different companies? I want to get this stuff straight in my mind before I make any financial committment to either one. Thanks.

Gord

Hi Gord,

Global Rescue and MedJet are two completely different companies that offer very different levels of service.

While MedJet is an excellent hospital to hospital evacuation service, they require you to get yourself to a hospital and get evaluated by a physician prior to evacuation.

The reason why Global Rescue is more applicable to hunters is that if a member has a condition requiring inpatient hospitalization (a night stay in the hospital), we'll perform field resuce and meet that member at their exact point of illness or injury. From there, we'll evacuate the member all the way back to their home country hospital of choice, up to a cost of $500,000. The reason Global Rescue is able to perform field rescue is that our phones are staffed 24/7 by critical care paramedics and we have a team of on-staff specialist physicians. That way, when a member calls in with an emergency, our medical professionals are able to make a determination right over the phone and get the wheels turning on an evacuation immediately.

All of our cases recieve oversight from the Special Operations Division of Johns Hopkins Medicine (same service used by the Dept. of Homeland Security) and all of our memberships offer 24/7 medical consultation regardless of how severe an issue may be.

Let me know if you have any questions! My name is Tyler Green and you can reach me at tgreen@globalrescue.com or on my direct line 617.426.4264.