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| reeya |
Posted
on 22-Apr-03 03:29 PM
Someone please help me to find the best and cheap insurance for International students. (The one my school offers is too expensive.)Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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| eminem8 |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 07:59 AM
hthinsurance.com
This one is pretty cheap..............................
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| eminem8 |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 08:00 AM
ooooo my bad,
The site is hthstudents.com
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| khimu |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 08:38 AM
k ko insurance chahiyo nepali histhapustha tito lai
afno ta insurance chhaina ba
insurance tirne paisa le baru mata pizza kinera khanchhu thyehi ho mero
life insurance
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| sally |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 09:07 AM
OR ...... what about temporary insurance for visiting elderly folk?
(I know this is really neurotic, but still ... imagine the cost of an uninsured parent coming down with SARS on a visit ...)
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| bhenda2 |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 09:28 AM
Insurance bhanya kura ekdam important ho...hattakatta na bridha...sabai lai chaheencha...khimu ji...besgari beerami parno bho bhaney ke garney nee?
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| ??! |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 09:33 AM
Sally, that's scary. We were like mad when our university mandated all the international students to buy insurance for all family members. After having charged more than 8 thousand dollars to the insurance company for a broken arm for my kid, now I understand how important it is to have insurance.
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| sally |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 10:48 AM
YIKES. $8,000 for a broken arm?!? But I can believe it.
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| khimu |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 11:52 AM
$8,000 thats nothing
you konw couple years ago one nepali army advisers son hand broke it right front of we were doing rollerblading you know how much is cost to fixt it his hand $29,000 but he is lucky his parent had to pay nothing, nepal government paid because his become diplomatic you know ( this accident had happned in New Jersey)
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| ??! |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 01:54 PM
If an unlucky graduate student has to pay only $2000? That's a lot. We know how hard it is to find charity support for a parent who just happened to be sick for 20 days on his/her 6 month visit here and did not have an insurance.
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| gorato |
Posted
on 23-Apr-03 03:01 PM
Even the Govt. hospital sent me $8000 bill for my mother to stay for one week in the hospital.I went to talk with case worker. Thank god, they considered the case as a senior citizen traveller. Therefore, I understand that if your parents are 65 and over, you don't have to pay a penny for the treatments in the Govt. clinics and hospitals. But I surely don't know about the parents who carry SARS.....?
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| sally |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 06:29 AM
Gorato, dumb question maybe, but WHAT govt hospital? Are you in Canada or England or Denmark or someplace?
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| gorato |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 07:44 AM
May be I am better off saying county hospital rather than Govt. Iam talking about USA.
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| sally |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 07:59 AM
Clinton won election in '92 largely because of his promise to reform the health system. Eleven years later, an uninsured person still can't sneeze in a hospital without being charged. And if you've got a preexisting condition--like, say, pregnancy--you can't get insurance, even if you're perfectly willing to pay the freight. And then if you DO have insurance and actually have the audacity to file a claim (gasp), the company is likely to fight it. For all I know being old is probably a pre-existing condition. You were lucky with that hospital caseworker!
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| NK |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 08:15 AM
Sally, I have heard that Cambridge Hospital here in Cambridge, MA does do free care if you cuold show them that you are unable to pay. All they ask is to fill out the form. No question asked. Perhaps there is some truth to it why people refer Cambridge as Republic of Cambridge. Perhaps it should secede from the rest of the country. :) All the good universities, Free care, great cafes, amazing bookstores!! :))
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| Suna |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 11:02 AM
NK
You are right about the free health care in Cambridge, MA. I have heard of a nepali lady who had pre-natal care, delivery and everything for free. Post-natal as well. There are lots of churches and organizations everywhere throughout the states that do help illegal immigrants for free. But I digress from the initial query.
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| ??! |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 12:13 PM
Washington state ma pani chha re... prenatal/neonatal care for free... Georgia ma pani chha upon request... Alabama ma pani chha upon request, from county health department, women's hope medical clinic etc. etc.... kata kata bata... tara afno insurance chha bhane ta kehi garnu parena.. khurukka kard dekhaidiye pugchha
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| sally |
Posted
on 24-Apr-03 12:31 PM
Well, anyone who qualifies for Medicaid (or is it Medicare? I forget) gets free service, but you have to REALLY be low-income. The cutoff is something like $12,000 a year or even less, plus no savings, no car that can count as an "asset," and so on.
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