Oldgator73
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We have taken several cruises (two this year; just finished a 12 day Caribbean and just booked a 12 day Panama Canal for October). Christmas before last we took a Mediterranean cruise from Italy to Spain. We purchased the travel insurance from the cruise line and happy we did. My wife and I both got sick, she on the ship and me in Barcelona. She had to go to the ships doctor and me to the ER in Barcelona. $1000 each. We have Medicare which pays nothing once you leave US waters. Our supplemental insurance, Tricare for Life paid a portion and the travel insurance paid some. I think we were $200 out of pocket. I compared prices for travel insurance on the cruise in October. The cruise line price is $650 each. We checked AAA and they were about the same. On a whim I checked our auto insurer, USAA. $215 each for virtually the same insurance.