- Time of past OR future Camino
- VdlP(2012) Madrid(2014)Frances(2015) VdlP(2016)
VdlP(2017)Madrid/Sanabres/Frances reverse(2018)
On all my caminos except this year, I have applied for private health insurance, at a cost of several hundred dollars, and have never had to use it. This year was the exception. I decided to try the complimentary health insurance offered in association with my bank/ MasterCard. I've always been reluctant to do this as it is free, and I didn't want to find out the hard way that "free" might turn out to be too good to be true.
Guess what? - this year, whilst visiting a relative in Portugal a few days before the start of my camino, I was hospitalised with a rather scary intestinal problem. The bill, (paid) came to nearly 1400E. On my return to Aus, I went through the very long-winded process of making a claim, and almost gave up on it, but yesterday I was re-imbursed, less an initial excess which I knew I would have to cover. So I'm very happy with the outcome.
Any others had positive experiences with this type of free insurance?
Guess what? - this year, whilst visiting a relative in Portugal a few days before the start of my camino, I was hospitalised with a rather scary intestinal problem. The bill, (paid) came to nearly 1400E. On my return to Aus, I went through the very long-winded process of making a claim, and almost gave up on it, but yesterday I was re-imbursed, less an initial excess which I knew I would have to cover. So I'm very happy with the outcome.
Any others had positive experiences with this type of free insurance?