Traveling With Crohns / Colitis / IBD: Dec 13, 2006

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Crohns & Colitis Canada

Canada
http://www.ccfc.ca/
60 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 600
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1N5
Tel: 416-920-5035
E-mail: ccfc@ccfc.ca

Hospitals Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Canada

http://www.hospitalsoup.com/rn/asp/CountryID.2/pt/HospitalListings.asp

Crohns & Colitis Israel

Israel
http://www.ccfi.org.il/ccfi.html
POB 39957
Tel Aviv 61398
Hot Line: +972 (3) 744-1391
Office: +972 (3) 642-1999

Hospitals Israel
http://www.science.co.il/Hospitals.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Israel

Crohns & Colitis Sweden

http://www.magotarm.se/
Gotlandsgaten 46, PO Box 20054
104 60, Stockholm
Tel: + 46 (0)8 642 42 00
Fax: + 46 (0)8 642 11 00
E-mail: solveig.johansson@magotarm.se

Hospitals Sweden
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-hospitals-in-sweden

http://www.globalmednet.com/medweb/world/Europe.htm

http://www.escapeartist.com/Offshore_Health_Care/Europe.html

Crohns & Colitis Norway

http://www.lmfnorge.no/
c/o FFO, Smågruppesekretariatet
Postboks 4568 Torshov
0404 Oslo
Tel: + 47 88 00 50 21
Fax: + 47 88 00 50 31
E-mail: imfnorge@online.no

Hospitals Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Norway

http://www.escapeartist.com/Offshore_Health_Care/Europe.html

Crohns & Colitis New Zealand

New Zealand
http://www.ccsg.org.nz/
P.O. Box 24-171
Royal Oak, Auckland
Phone: (09) 636-7228
Fax: (09) 636-7242
E-mail: ccsg@clear.net.nz

Hospitals New Zealand
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-hospitals-in-new-zealand

http://www.nzs.com/health/medical/hospitals/

Crohns & Colitis Netherlands

http://www.crohn-colitis.nl/
Wilhelminastraat 45
3621 VG Breukelen
Tel: + 31 (0)346 26 10 01
Fax: + 31 (0)346 26 49 74
E-mail: ccuvn79@hetnet.nl

Hospitals in Netherlands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Netherlands

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=7&story_id=999

Crohns & Colitis Luxembourg

http://www.afa.asso.fr/luxembourg/
B.P. 648
2016 Luxembourg
Tel: + 352 50 98 28
Fax: + 352 47 98 20 20

Hospitals in Luxembourg
http://luxembourg.usembassy.gov/doctors.html

Crohns & Colitis Denmark

Denmark
http://www.ccf.dk/
Birkegade 11
2200 Københaven N
Tel: + 45-35-35-48-82
Fax: + 45-35-35-47-82

Hospitals in Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Denmark

http://www.globalmednet.com/medweb/world/Europe.htm

TIPS From Readers On Doctors & Hospitals

The Importance of Health , Life and Long Term Care Insurance in IBD

I have lived in Various parts of the USA. I have found that health ins is of paramount importance in these issues of IBD as we IBD'ers tend to contribute to the hospitals more then others. I calculated from the time I was first diagnosed 1985 to 2006 all tests, labs, surgery's etc. close to 300,000K it amazes me. Without Health Ins / LTC IBD will sooner or later eat your savings. Some finer points for those of us without health ins who live in the USA. 1) Try to find a job ( if you do not have one already) that offers a health ins plan with unlimited lifetime benefits and is recalculated every calender year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) If you can, try to look into a government job ( USAJOBS) has listings; as the government, while pay is not the best; it has steady benefits and offers others such as life, LTC etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) If you can afford it, buy LTC, Long Term Care, before 40 years old --- as this will protect your savings in older age if / when a nursing home has to be a option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) When applying for life Ins, the gov will give you up to 6 times your base pay without a medical exam. If you try to get it with a private industry job, the premium might be too high or they will flag you as not insurable and this information gets sent to the ( MIB) medical information bureau and then it is accessible by many life, health companies. ---------------www.mib.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4, When applying to life ins, you should always try to put a disclaimer (I do not authorize MIB to release any information without first contacting me and obtaining my premisison and advising me who is requesting such information , further I do not authroize storing of this reported information for longer then 90days after which MIB must obtain premission from me to keep storing my personal medical information) While MIB might put up a fuss about this, it is perfectly legal and they cannot prohibit such. When you apply to different life programs it stays on record I think for 7 years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5)Health Insurance in some states will pay for Enteral Formula, if not see below and try to pass to your states House Rep / senators to get a bill passed requiring such as MA and NH have. This way with the Doctors Note / prescription as writen below, it can get paid for. I think drinking Modulen / Peptamen aids greatly in health status and weight gain. I can say that these drinks have packed on 35 pounds for me and increased my overall health. ------------http://www.modulenibd.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Legislation For IBD

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/1996/hb1431.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Each insurer that issues or renews any policy of group or blanket accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses, shall provide to each group, or to the portion of each group comprised of certificate holders of such insurance who are residents of this state, coverage for the provision of nonprescription enteral formulas and food products required for persons with inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids. Such coverage shall be provided when the prescribing physician has issued a written order stating that the enteral formula or food product is medically necessary and is the least restrictive and most cost effective means for meeting the needs of the patient.

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