I am a 30-year-old US citizen who has been living outside the US. I have end-stage colon cancer, and I suspect no normal health insurance provider will ensure me because my pre-existing condition means I am not so much a risk at this point as a definite cost.
I want to go home and visit my friends and family (just for a few weeks), but if something should happen and I need medical attention, I’m afraid my life savings will be drained by a single surgery. Is there any kind of temporary high-risk insurance or government program you know of that I might qualify for? My health insurance in this country will not extend to the US, and I think the travel medical insurance in this country is only available to citizens of this country (though I will look into that).
Thanks in advance.
Very true, they won’t.
You could try purchasing travel insurance, but it won’t cover anything related to a preexisting condition.
The only high risk health insurance you can buy in the USA, is only available for people who live here. Many states have a "high risk health pool", sometimes the waiting list to get on it, is YEARS. But again, you have to live here, to get it.
But if you’re end stage, that means your dying . . . and you probably shouldn’t be traveling.