Mike Weingart of Carlson Wagonlit Travels in the Galleria area said that as travel insurance packages have improved, many have added medical evacuation coverage. One policy he recommends provides $50,000 to $1 million in medical evacuation coverage in addition to coverage for lost baggage, trip delays and other travel snags, he said.
Gobbels, who declined to disclose company revenue, noted that MedjetAssist is not insurance. There is no reimbursement plan. Instead, the company acts like AAA for the body. While auto clubs send tow trucks to pick up disabled cars, medical evacuation services like MedjetAssist dispatch air ambulances and specially outfitted jets to pick up travelers who are injured in accidents, have heart attacks or otherwise become severely ill.
Membership fees range from $85 for one week of coverage for an individual to $895 to cover an entire family that lives outside the U.S. at least nine months out of the year.
To qualify for transport, members must be at least 150 miles from home and must be sick enough to be admitted to a local hospital and stabilized.
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