HEALTH INSURANCE FOR CUBA
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>> Information sheet health insurance Cuba
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Information about status quo concerning obligatory travel insurance for visitors entering Cuba as of 01.05.2010
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Please note that as of 1st May 2010 all travelers entering Cuba must have an health insurance. The following procedure emerges for tourists:
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probably all foreign (except US-American) travel insurances incl. health coverage will be accepted.
It seems to become a similar procedure like the use of credit cards.)
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visitors who can not show any insurance certificate covering medical costs in case of illness or an accident in Cuba will be obliged to purchase insurance through a Cuban company at the airport before passport control.
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Notes
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The procedure at the airport is still not clear as Cuban authorities did not give any further explications so far.
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At the moment we still do not know how the control at the airport is going to take place as no standardized or uniform health insurance certificates exist.
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As the Cuban insurance has to be paid in CUC and as the purchase should be realized before the passport control, either a currency exchange office will be installed before pass control or foreign currencies can be exchanged directly at the purchase. However, Cubans did not decide on that yet.
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IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION by CUBA REAL TOURS
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Purchase of a foreign health insurance prior to travelling to Cuba (also possible within a package of other travel insurances) and taking along this policy with you as proof.
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Remark of a representative of Asistur (Cuban insurance company)
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Efforts are made to avoid chaos (e.g. long waiting times) at the immigration but delays certainly will occur resulting from this new regulation.
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