Wal; Go to the US Sailing website and look up the contact information for the Gowrie Group and call Barbie Murray, who is the coordinator for the group health coverage available to US Sailing members. That is the coverage I have had for the past several years, since I retired.
There are a number of ways to qualify for the group, one if which is being a live aboard sailor who is out of the US for at least 3 months per year. Since sailors eat better, get more exercise and fresh air, and lead a healthy lifestyle (don't be too specific when you describe yours) the rates are quite reasonable. My coverage was with GeoBlue - which is Blue Cross for the rest of the world - and was less than half what North Carolina BC/BS quoted me and had $0 deductible and $ copay when outside the US. The coverage was actually quite a bit less than anything Healthcare.Gov had available even after taking the tax credits into account. Now that I'm about to go on Medicare, I talked to Barbie about what options I might have available. I'm told they offer a policy that has coverage equivalent to Medicare, but only covers outside the US. It is available for a specified limited duration (such as a winter in the Caribbean) or year round coverage, and the cost is only a few hundred dollars a year. I plan to sign up when I actually get to go south next year. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Wally Bryant via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 6:42 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Wally Bryant Subject: Re: Stus-List (totally non sailing related) recovery Besides, the whole thing was an out-of-pocket expense. Welcome to cruising outside of the US and Canada. Wal _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
