Karla

Here are a couple of the new BUPA Latin America (issued directly from Miami) plans that I like. I have BUPA Secure with a $5,000/yr. deductible.

BUPA Secure:

Blue Cross & Blue Shield has affiliated themselves with Cia. Internacional de Seuros, S.A, a local Panama licensed insurance company. This relationship allows IS insureds to access the USA network of BC & BS.

Here is the address of their international plans sorry, Spanish only:

Excellent International Health Insurance coverage is available to protect you in the Republic of Panama. Injury or illness in a country far from home can be a very scary experience. If you are without proper health insurance or cannot demonstrate liquidity to a local hospital, it can be the difference between life and death. Expats..

Here is an interesting exchange on the ExpatHealth Yahoo Group, between Craig Morrissey, Executive VP of Hospial Nacional and a veteran asking about VA Benefits in Panama:

Voyage into your body to see an amazing creation you're born with: the perfect cardiovascular system. A lifetime of poor health habits can destroy that system and lead to major medical problems and a shortened lifespan, but it doesn't have to be that way.

During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone
that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .she said she had
just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

I get many requests for information about Medicare and Tricare coverage here in Panama. Here is the latest info from the only hospital that seems to be accepting Tricare. Remember, Medicare is not valid in Panama!

Don Winner at www.panama-guide.com has been helping this Canadian citizen after he suffered a terrible tragedy from of a mudslide. He lost his home, family and lies seriously injured in a public hospital hoping for an air evacuation back to Canada. A sad situation..

Learn Sarver Heart Center’s Continuous Chest Compression CPR

Interesting article from Forbes about the current state of Health Insurance. Be sure to read the Comments section: