My Battle Royale with the medical insurance company!!
My sincerest apologies to everyone who took my recommendation to use "Travelinsurance4medical.com" and my glowing reports of how good they are - I was misinformed! I had an annual policy costing £380 or so. It had seven weeks left to run. A week before my trip I called them to tell them I was waiting for a cardioversion for my Atrial Fibrillation which has returned. No problem they said - you need to pay an extra £350 to cover you for those remaining weeks!!!!! Obviously, I said that it was ludicrous and I was only going away for a week but "computer says... blah…blah ". He then offered to sell me a one-week policy - only to find I am now uninsurable!! So then I asked if I would get a refund on the remaining seven weeks of my policy: "No, because we are not cancelling it" "But I'm not covered anymore?" "No" "So, you are not insuring me nor refunding me" "No, it's your choice not to pay the extr...