There is a story of my aunt who got bitten by a snake when camping.

She was foolish enough not to take out travel insurance. There was no way she was getting a medevac so a park ranger watched over her for a few days while her body was fighting death.

This is why you should always have travel insurance because outside of Europe the first thing a doctor asks for is a credit card.

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MiroslavPokorny 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not true.

Doctors and hospitals in Australia dont ask for a credit card before or after you leave.

There are many other countries around the world who dont ask, not really fair to paint the world that way.

	▲	pseudohadamard 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think "outside of the US" would be a more accurate summary of the situation. If something happens to me here I go to the hospital, fill out the intake form, get treated, and maybe get given a followup appointment with my GP. That's all, there's no payment required.

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tim333 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In a lot of the developing world it's quite reasonable - you pay like $80 or something and that's it. Nowhere else is it as financially scary as the US.