Medical Matters

As my trip gets closer I'm starting to think about more of the details. I realized that I needed to check on whether or not my medical insurance would cover me if (Heaven forbid!) I had an accident or got sick while I was in Russia. I called the customer service number and a kind lady referred me to my benefits book and gave me the page number for overseas services. She suggested that I make a copy of those pages from the benefits book and take it with me along with my insurance card. I am covered and the preferred hospital is the American Medical Center in Moscow and its doctors. I had talked to Rev. Clark earlier and he told me that the American Medical Center is the hospital they have used in the past (thankfully for only one incident). The group has insurance that will insure "repatriation" if anything happens so I'm all set as far as insurance goes.

I still have to get the second half of my Hepatitis B shot and I want to get a flu shot as soon as my doctor has them in his office. I'm going to stock up on all the appropriate over-the-counter medicines, (especially dramamine and immodium!)

The address for the American Medical Center home page is: http://amc.rbc.ru/en/