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Insurance in the USA
Do the standard medical insurance policies in the
USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Cosidering the benefits of emmigrating to the colonies! Would appreciate contact details for the major health insurers. What general insurance policies are available to cover pilots against 3rd party injury whilst flying club aircraft? Is this covered by membership to the local club or the SSA? |
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"Steve Hopkins" k wrote in message ... Do the standard medical insurance policies in the USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Cosidering the benefits of emmigrating to the colonies! Would appreciate contact details for the major health insurers. What general insurance policies are available to cover pilots against 3rd party injury whilst flying club aircraft? Is this covered by membership to the local club or the SSA? I have never seen a US health insurance policy exclude flying of any kind. Maybe some do, but I haven't heard of it. No soaring organization provides health insurance that I know of. The real problem is getting adequate health insurance of any sort. The US health care system is in a crisis. Most Americans are provided a minimum level of health insurance as a employment benefit. If you get sick too often, your employer may find an unrelated reason to fire you so health insurance is lost. Major care private health insurance policies have premiums that only wealthier citizens can afford. Yes, I have had friends die of "poverty" or the inability to purchase life saving treatment. That's becoming more common than most Americans know. Bill Daniels |
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"Steve Hopkins" k wrote in message ... Do the standard medical insurance policies in the USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Most medical insurance policies treat accidental injury separate from other medical problems, and aviation accidents may well be excluded from your coverage. AOPA will sell you aviation ad&d insurance for a nominal (but non-trivial) sum. A medical certificate was once a requirement for that coverage, but I see no mention of that now. |
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"Bill Daniels" wrote
I have never seen a US health insurance policy exclude flying of any kind. I have, more than once. It happens. Yes, I have had friends die of "poverty" or the inability to purchase life saving treatment. That's becoming more common than most Americans know. I've seen it happen in a country that, in theory, had free medical care for everyone. The difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference. Michael |
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A random search of 14 sites that sell accident and health insurance over the
Internet, yielded 14 sites that excluded coverage when: Exclusion: 1. Airtravel, when traveling as a pilot or crewmember. In addition, very few life insurance policies include "flying as a pilot or crewmember" in their coverage. The good news is AOPA (www.aopa.org) and EAA (www.eaa.org) have insurance programs that specifically include pilots and crewmembers. There may be others, as well. The cost of belonging to these organizations is very small compared to their benifits. (if the SSA has accident or life insurance programs, I am not aware of them.) Good luck and welcome. Allan Do the standard medical insurance policies in the USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Cosidering the benefits of emmigrating to the colonies! Would appreciate contact details for the major health insurers. What general insurance policies are available to cover pilots against 3rd party injury whilst flying club aircraft? Is this covered by membership to the local club or the SSA? |
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My life insurance policy has a requirement that I have
400 hours logged before they will pay off if I die in an accident related to me being a pilot. Haven't looked into the medical insurance part so I will do that now..... Brian In addition, very few life insurance policies include 'flying as a pilot or crewmember' in their coverage. |
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"Bill Daniels" wrote in message news:PLFBc.83788$eu.14250@attbi_s02...
"Steve Hopkins" k wrote in message ... Do the standard medical insurance policies in the USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Cosidering the benefits of emmigrating to the colonies! Would appreciate contact details for the major health insurers. What general insurance policies are available to cover pilots against 3rd party injury whilst flying club aircraft? Is this covered by membership to the local club or the SSA? I have never seen a US health insurance policy exclude flying of any kind. Maybe some do, but I haven't heard of it. No soaring organization provides health insurance that I know of. The real problem is getting adequate health insurance of any sort. The US health care system is in a crisis. Most Americans are provided a minimum level of health insurance as a employment benefit. If you get sick too often, your employer may find an unrelated reason to fire you so health insurance is lost. Major care private health insurance policies have premiums that only wealthier citizens can afford. Yes, I have had friends die of "poverty" or the inability to purchase life saving treatment. That's becoming more common than most Americans know. Bill Daniels Some LIFE insurance policies will exclude "dangerous" sports activities and name them. I had a policy thatwas "rated" (extra premium) because of my flying. |
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As of last year, at least a 3rd class medical was required to qualify for
AOPA AD&D insurance. "Vaughn Simon" wrote in message ... "Steve Hopkins" k wrote in message ... Do the standard medical insurance policies in the USA cover medical problems arising from gliding or powered flying? Most medical insurance policies treat accidental injury separate from other medical problems, and aviation accidents may well be excluded from your coverage. AOPA will sell you aviation ad&d insurance for a nominal (but non-trivial) sum. A medical certificate was once a requirement for that coverage, but I see no mention of that now. |
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"Atacdad" wrote in message ... As of last year, at least a 3rd class medical was required to qualify for AOPA AD&D insurance. I just enroled for that insurance this week and (for the first time) saw no mention of that requirement on their site. Because I happen to have a medical, I did not inquire. With the Sport Pilot thing in the works, it makes sense that they would things things. Vaughn |
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