[nagdu] guiding eyes application question

[Angie Matney]

Hi Jenine,

The web site implies that you can buy a month of coverage for a certain
amount of money. The cost might depend on your pre-existing conditions. They
make it sound like it would involve at least some medical coverage while you
are in class.

I think you make a good point about reluctance to seek medical care. I'm
just not sure where I personally think the line should be drawn. I know my
GDA application was held up because I couldn't easily access my student
health policy number. (Bad me, I should have written it down.)


angie

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jenine Stanley
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:14 PM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] guiding eyes application question

One reason some schools might insist on insurance info or even proof of
coverage could involve you being reluctant to seek medical care when needed
if you aren't insured. It's a bit of a stretch but possible. 

Angie, when you mention GDB having sources for travelers insurance on their
web site, I'm assuming this type of insurance would cover your travel to and
from the school, not a type of insurance you could use while away from home,
like on vacation, for health care and property incidents? 

As someone who did have to go to an emergency room during guide dog class, I
can say that no one cared about my insurance until after I was treated. 

This was one of those silly things that put a capper on that perfect first
guide dog class back in 1987. <grin> 

I knocked myself unconscious when my dog clipped the corner of a building.
No, that wasn't the ER visit, though today it probably would be and really
should have been back then. My dog nipped me twice while I was trying to
groom her, again barely breaking skin and in hindsight, the beginning of the
end. Then, on the next to last night there, I choked on a piece of meat.
Luckily there is a hospital just a few blocks from the Pilot Dogs facility. 

I think I was more embarrassed than hurt by the choking, but what really
hurt was the instructor who tried to do the Heimlich maneuver and got too
high up, nearly breaking a rib or two. Now that hurt. <grin> Yes, I was
definitely insured. 


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