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Seven Corners Interview for NPR's Sound Medicine on Medical Tourism
Insurance for Medical Tourists
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- February 22, 2009 -- Every year, as many as 100,000 Americans pack their bags and travel to another country in order to save money on a medical or dental procedure. So it's not entirely surprising that a new business niche has popped up: providing travel insurance tailored for just that kind of medical tourism.
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Host: Barbara LewisThe policies don't cover the surgery itself but rather, some of the unexpected problems that might crop up when a person is having a medical procedure thousands of miles from home.
Barbara Lewis has an interesting conversation with Jim Krampen, executive officer of Seven Corners, an insurance agency based in Indiana.
He explains individuals are more likely to seek medical care abroad when the price differential is $6,000 dollars or more, although there's a lower threshold for people seeking cosmetic surgery.
Listen to the Sound Medicine Interview:
Download the audio file here.About Jim Krampen Jim Krampen is co-founder, principal and executive officer of Seven Corners, a privately held insurance company headquartered in Carmel, Ind. Mr. Krampen brings nearly 20 years of underwriting and reinsurance experience to his role at Seven Corners. His knowledge and successful track record of underwriting custom group insurance programs, expatriate medical insurance programs and private label expatriate plans has helped Seven Corners become one of the industry's most experienced travel health insurance providers.
About Seven Corners
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Seven Corners is one of the industry's most experienced providers of international medical and travel insurance policies for U.S. citizens traveling overseas or foreign nationals visiting the United States. The company created and maintains the industry's most comprehensive network of international health care providers that includes thousands of doctors, pharmacies and hospitals around the globe. For more information about Seven Corners, please call 800-335-0611 or visit www.sevencorners.com.
