health insurance & medical information

TRAVEL INSURANCE & MEDICAL INSURANCE

It is important to check with your medical provider and insurance company to ascertain what expenses incurred in Europe are covered. We highly recommend that you purchase short-term travel insurance to supplement your current medical plan. Travel insurance covers these four basic areas:

1. Medical/health problems

2. Property loss

3. Trip cancellation/interruption

4. Emergency evacuation

One company you can call for this is Travel Insured International, Tel: (800) 243-3174

In Florence the emergency rooms (pronto soccorso) very often do not charge for minor emergencies. Students requiring special medications MUST BRING THEM and carry them in their original pharmacy containers as well as the prescription itself. Do not have medicine shipped from the US, as it will be promptly stopped in customs. There are 24-hour pharmacies in each section of the city and a nearby tourist clinic with English-speaking physicians. The normal charge is about $30-$60 per visit.