February 05, 2009

Some people regard travel medical insurance as an added expense or a luxury, but Envoy Travel and its travel insurance provider RBC Insurance highlight how even small, unexpected medical emergencies can lead to thousands of dollars in medical bills.

Together they compiled a list of the top ten most common, real-life medical claims, including the average cost a traveller would have to pay out-of-pocket had they left home without travel insurance.

1 Respiratory - pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis $2,730

2 Accident, injury $2,110

3 Digestion - stomach problems, food poisoning, ulcers, gallstones $2,754

4 Infection - skin, blood, ear $655

5 Muscle-Bone-Ligament - sore back/shoulder/knee, tendonitis $2,107

6 Urinary - kidney stones, bladder, prostate $1,453

7 Skin - rash, sunburn, eczema, acne $650

8 Dental $300

9 Heart - heart attack, angina, palpitations, congestive heart failure $17,348

10 Fracture $6,078

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