Medical insurance a must
New Zealanders intending to visit Canada for the Commonwealth Games should arrange hospital and medical insurance before they leave home. The daily hospital rate for ward accommodation in most metropolitan areas of Canada is about $2OO a day, but it can be as high as $4BO a day. A fortnight in a hospital there with surgical and doctors' fees rarely costs less than $4OOO. Even a simple appendectomy with only four davs in hospital will cost $lOOO. A visit to the doctor costs about $7; outcails, about $l2. Prescriptions and drugs are an additional cost. A Canadian firm is offering a comprehensive scheme which covers all hospital and professional charges for a premium of $24 (up to 30 days) for persons under 65. and $37 for persons 65 and over. This scheme has one major disadvantage for New Zealanders: they are covered only while in Canada.
Most travel agents can arrange world-wide coverage with New Zealand insurance companies for about $25 a month. The traveller can choose the amount of cover he wants, the premium sometimes covering other losses, including personal baggage and airline cancellation penalties.
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Press, 13 June 1978, Page 21
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