Judy: "medicare's not paying for out-of-state treatment is bad" Medicare does pay for out of state treatment as long as in US. Re out of the country, I think they pay in Ontario, Canada and Mexico. I don't know about Europe, Asia, etc. Veronica > [Original Message] > From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/23/2004 4:51:58 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The flu > > Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 4:50:22 AM, Veronica Caley wrote: > > VC> "that's outrageous" > > VC> Really. Anyone that had any coverage anywhere else stayed away from the > VC> program. Part of the problem is that some of one's medications might be > VC> covered by one company but another not, and one could only sign up for one. > > > Yes. Weird (as well as bad). Equally, medicare's not paying for out-of-state treatment is bad. I know you have good hospitals that are in effect national (federal?) as some of ours are, but I assume only some categories of people can be treated in your top ones. > > > > Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK > mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html