Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions
Whether traveling short term for leisure trips, living abroad for six months or more, or taking multiple trips throughout the year, Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions provides affordable solutions for all of your travel needs. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions plans offer among the highest coverage on the market today with policies providing up to $1,000,000 in coverage and $0 deductible.
If you’ve got a passport, you need travel medical insurance. Outside of the United States your domestic health plan may not provide the coverage you’re used to, leading to unexpected expenses should you get sick or injured abroad.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions is the trade name for the international health insurance programs of Worldwide Insurance Services, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Owned and backed by 15 Blue Cross Blue Shield companies and Bupa Global, Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions makes it easy for people and organizations to access and pay for healthcare abroad. By combining digital innovation with human-centered care, Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions delivers an international healthcare experience that’s simple, efficient and human. Whether you live, work, travel or study abroad, Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions gives you the confidence to embrace every journey and the peace of mind to say “yes” to new possibilities. Learn more at bcbsglobalsolutions.com .
Plan benefits include access to Blue Cross Blue Shield’s global network of physicians, medical evacuation coverage, unlimited telemedicine visits, and pre-existing condition coverage. Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions has a vast network of physicians in over 190 countries that bill Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions directly, eliminating the need for policy holders to submit their own claims.
Blue Cross Blue Shield’s strong focus on customer support means that they are there to support you whenever you need it. Through their Member Services Portal, award-winning BlueCross BlueShield app, and 24/7 Global Services Center, customers can get help with everything from locating a provider to arranging a complex medical evacuation – no matter the time or day.
Take Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions with you and travel with confidence.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions Medical Coverage for Travel: Single Trip Gold
Medical AdventureThe Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions Medical Coverage for Travel: Single Trip Gold is a single-trip medical plan, which offers emergency medical coverage while you are traveling abroad.
This plan does not require you to have primary health insurance in place, but there is a 6-month period, prior to the coverage date, for pre-existing conditions. Medical coverage on this plan includes an exclusion for pre-existing conditions, but there is still coverage for emergency medical transportation whether it is due to a known condition or not.
With this plan, you have the ability to select the medical limit and the deductible amount. This allows you to have peace of mind knowing you have an amount of coverage that you were able to choose and that you are comfortable with. It also includes the Direct Pay program, which will pay medical bills upfront if the appointment was made with a medical provider in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions network and Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions is aware of the appointment 24-hours in advance.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions will provide you with an emergency assistance number to call 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the event you need medical assistance or an emergency evacuation during your trip. Also, you will have access to detailed service profiles regarding doctors and hospitals in the area you are traveling. This can help you to prepare and make informed decisions about your medical treatment if there is an emergency during your trip.
The Single Trip Gold plan offers 24/7 telemedicine visits at no extra cost to members. Through Global TeleMD, members are able to secure a same day virtual visit with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions global network of doctors. The program offers multiple language options and consultation notes are sent directly to your phone. Additionally, Single Trip Gold members have access to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions award-winning app providing medical term and phrase translations, a medicine equivalent tool, news and safety information based on your location, and more.
When you need to end your trip early, due to a ‘covered reason’, trip interruption benefits can help reimburse you for the cost of air or ground transportation back home. Typically, covered reasons for trip interruptions include a covered illness or injury, a felonious assault, a terrorist event, or an imminent threat to your personal safety during the trip. Baggage protection is also included in this plan. The benefit will reimburse a traveler up to $500 (up to $100 per bag or personal effect) for replacement clothes and personal hygiene items if a piece of luggage is lost, damaged or stolen during transit.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions travel medical plans are available for purchase only before your departure date. If you have already departed on your trip, do not purchase this plan because you will not have any coverage.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions Medical Coverage for Travel: Single Trip Platinum
Medical AdventureThe Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions Medical Coverage for Travel: Single Trip Platinum plan is a single-trip medical plan, which offers travelers emergency medical coverage while spending time abroad. This plan does require you to have primary health insurance, but there is no exclusion for pre-existing conditions.
With this plan you have the ability to select the medical limit, and also the deductible amount. This allows you to be comfortable with the amount of coverage you have for emergency medical care while you are traveling. The plan also features the Direct Pay program, which will pay medical bills upfront if the appointment was made with a medical provider in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions network and Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions is aware of the appointment 24-hours in advance.
The Single Trip Platinum plan provides you with an emergency assistance number to call 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the event you need medical assistance or an emergency evacuation during your trip.
Also, you’ll have access to detailed profiles of the doctors and hospitals in the area that you are traveling. This can help prepare you for the unexpected if you need to make decisions about medical treatment when you’re abroad.
The Single Trip Platinum plan offers 24/7 telemedicine visits at no extra cost to members. Through Global TeleMD, members are able to secure a same day virtual visit with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions global network of doctors. The program offers multiple language options and consultation notes are sent directly to your phone. Additionally, Single Trip Platinum members have access to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions award-winning app providing medical term and phrase translations, a medicine equivalent tool, news and safety information based on your location, and more.
When you need to end your trip early, due to a ‘covered reason’, trip interruption benefits can help reimburse you for the cost of air or ground transportation back home. Typically, covered reasons for trip interruptions include a covered illness or injury, a felonious assault, a terrorist event, or an imminent threat to your personal safety during the trip. Baggage protection is also included in this plan. The benefit will reimburse a traveler up to $500 (up to $100 per bag or personal effect) for replacement clothes and personal hygiene items if a piece of luggage is lost, damaged or stolen during transit.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Global Solutions travel medical plans are available for purchase only before your departure date. If you have already departed on your trip, do not purchase this plan because you will not have any coverage.