Choosing the right healthcare policy to suit your lifestyle should not be a complicated process and will pay dividends, especially if your health is badly affected. Living and working overseas, you will have access to a ‘mixed bag’ of medical resources, depending on where in the world you are based. However, for continuity of medical support and provision of worldwide services, it is essential to make sure you have the right international health insurance provider. Fast and efficient claims processing, the ability to choose where in the world you want to be treated if ill and the peace of mind that comes with an effective assistance service are all factors that will be high on your list.

With over 20 years experience in the international healthcare insurance business, our preferred provider of health insurance, MediCare International, understands the importance of an efficient and diverse assistance service, the backbone of the service it offers clients. MediCare International work closely with their assistance centre to create an administrative safety net for our clients in all situations, from day-to-day, routine problems such as GP and dentist visits to providing an effective and rapid back-up for air evacuation.

We know that all sorts of factors come into play when confronted with a medical problem or emergency, such as language and cultural difficulties, which add to the complications and feelings of vulnerability. In situations like this, problems of ‘choice’ are even more important and need to have been fully resolved and understood when the policy is taken out. One of the cornerstones of Medicare’s provision is a guarantee that if clients are not happy with the quality of local care facilities, they can choose where in the world they want to be treated and we will meet all the costs as covered by the policy. Moreover, if their assistance centre agrees that local facilities are below the high standards they set, they will also meet all travel costs to the hospital of the client’s choice. By anyone’s standards, we believe that this level of provision does offer real peace of mind and a real ability to choose.

MediCare International stands out in a seemingly complicated market by offering its clients clarity of product, reassurance and a strong service ethos. Newly installed customer systems, along with a reorganisation of claims processing, means that claims submitted to MediCare International are now settled within 10 days on average and within one week in many cases. This gives MediCare clients one of the fastest settlement times in the market.