Originally Posted by
indyfabz
But it can make things easier. In 2012 I crashed and had to be transported to a hospital out of state. I didn’t have my insurance card so I got billed directly. Turned out that the hospital’s administration system sucked so bad it took me several phone calls over a period of more than a month after I got bills until I reached someone to give them my insurance information.
You should do your bike touring in Europe. My first wife had a medical emergency in Tuscany on a vacation. They checked her into hospital, quick surgical procedure, kept her overnight and did a couple tests, discharged her the next morning with a prescription. Even back then, it would've been $5k-$10k in the US, I imagine. When we checked out, the administrator told us, "Don't worry, it's on the Italian government!"