Insurance
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Can anyone give me some advice on where to get travel insurance? We are travelling from the UK to Brisbane next weekend, no stopover. We were wanting insurance for travel and for about a week when we get there, until we get sorted with Medicare. Anyone help??
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Re: Insurance
Originally Posted by paulb
Can anyone give me some advice on where to get travel insurance? We are travelling from the UK to Brisbane next weekend, no stopover. We were wanting insurance for travel and for about a week when we get there, until we get sorted with Medicare. Anyone help??
Paul
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Hi Paul,
You dont need insurance for Medical once you are here as even though you wont have a medicare card there is a reciprocal agreement with Oz and UK for health care. Even so, once you go into the Medicare office they will give you a receipt and you can use that at Doctors and Hospitals....
We used walkabout.com for our travel insurance when we came out last year....we had to use it as we stopped over in the US and I was rushed to hospital.
They covered everything, even upgraded us all the way home because of my surgery!!
Good luck
Hels
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Re: Insurance
Thanks folks, have taken out a policy with direct travel insurance from the link. Family of 4, 17 days cover, £64.