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Does my health insurance cover me outside of the country?

Updated: 9/16/2019
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Usually, regular health insurance would be able to cover you wherever you go. This means that travel health insurance may not even be necessary. However, some insurances may not cover you if you go across the ocean, so make you to look at what your health insurance provides and covers.

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