Skiing accident, medical helicopter bill, and travel / medical insurance question
The following is an email I received from a reader who wants to remain anonymous. Any helpful comments would be appreciated:
So one of my wife’s classmates went snowboarding with her boyfriend this last weekend. Her boyfriend had some kind of mishap and fractured his cheekbone against a tree. They took him down to the bottom of the mountain and elected to send him to Reno via helicopter. 5 days later he gets the bill — 30,000 dollars.
What the hell!??! The total time that thing spent in the air couldn’t have been more than an hour. I hope the dude has insurance, though they probably won’t cover all or even much of that cost.
Pretty outrageous. The reason I am writing in is to see if any of your readers know about this stuff. Travel insurance, medical insurance, travel medical insurance, medical evac (domestic) insurance, etc. What do we do to protect ourselves from these $30,000 bills? What should my wife’s classmate’s boyfriend do if he doesn’t have the right insurance?
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