WHY A MEDJET MEMBERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT FOR SALTY DAWG SAILORS

Written by Tom Casey - your SDSA contact at Medjet

When you’re sailing around the world, you’re not just traveling—you’re operating beyond the safety net most people take for granted.  Yachting offers enormous freedom, but it also removes your margin for error in the case of a medical emergency.  While most responsible yachters have a first aid kit onboard, the frequency and number for local Coast Guards and rescue authorities, many don’t consider what happens beyond getting ashore if someone gets seriously sick or hurt and winds up in the hospital. Specifically, that:

• The nearest port may have limited or “not ideal” medical standards.

• Local resources may not match the quality of care you feel you’d get at home with your own doctors and your own hospital.

• The medevac benefits in most travel insurance policies are only to the “nearest adequate” hospital.

• Your travel insurance will not move you home just because you prefer to be treated in a hospital at home.

That’s Where Medjet Comes In

We get you moved to a hospital at home.

If you’re hospitalized more than 150 miles from your residence (yes, it works for domestic as well as international travel!), Medjet arranges and pays for air medical transport to the hospital of your choice.  Bedside to bedside, all costs are covered, you only ever pay your membership fee.  That means for $99 (Short Term) to $280 (Annual), a $40,000-$250,000+ repatriation would cost you $0.  It’s the top-rated program of its kind, recommended by thousands of travel experts in hundreds of publications (like Forbes, Travel + Leisure and The New York Times).  We protect individuals, families, Fortune 500 executives, and thousands of organizations. Even Morgan Stanley and the NFL choose Medjet!

How exactly does it work? Salty Dawg + Medjet Members, Will and Pia Neilson, discovered it worked very well when Will landed in a hospital in Antigua.

“Medjet Was There When We Needed Them”

Sailing enthusiasts Will and Pia Neilson found out just how valuable their Medjet Membership was last year when Will landed in a hospital in Antigua.  He wasn’t getting any better, in fact Pia felt he was getting worse, so she called Medjet.

“These two amazing medics walked in…I think they were ex-military…we’ve been fantasizing about that, we felt like we were being extracted!”

Will’s transport back to his home hospital in Maine cost $59,000. “We never saw a bill”, said Pia.  Medjet made all the arrangements and paid all costs of the transport. “That’s how it’s different from insurance.  Insurance gets you to the hospital and pays that bill.  Medjet gets you moved to a hospital AT HOME.”MedjetHorizon: Because Emergencies Are Not Always Medical

Given recent world events, it’s no wonder travelers are more concerned with their safety abroad than ever before.  Cartel violence erupting in Puerto Vallarta (a Mexican city traditionally considered “very safe”), people stuck in the Middle East, elevated security alerts in several Caribbean destinations due to sharp increases in crime, and other safety threats around the world definitely have people more on edge these days.

Our MedjetHorizon membership not only ensures air medical transport to a home hospital; it also adds access to a 24/7 global crisis response center.  If you were the victim of a violent crime, if a hurricane was coming, if you just disappeared…who would you or your family call for help?  MedjetHorizon provides a coordinated, in-country security response, and security extraction if necessary, for a wide range of safety threats.  It’s the ultimate travel peace of mind.

You can read more specifically about MedjetHorizon, and how it has worked for members recently, here.

Medjet Isn’t Insurance. It’s Capability.

Enroll Before You Leave Home!

The Salty Dawg Sailing Association thought that Medjet was such important protection that they arranged special discount rates for their association members.  You must be at the residence listed on your membership when enrolling, so make sure to sign up while you’re there.

Explore Medjet Membership options, and enroll at the Salty Dawg discounted rates here.

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