Medical Insurance

[sue1]

Should junior players have medical insurance in place.

If so at what point should I consider obtaining this for my child.

[little_e]

From the day they where born

[kme5150]

I agree with little e.

[sulcer]

Is this a joke? Of course your children should have medical insurance. Especially if they are playing sports. If I did not have insurance then my meniscus that I tore about a two months ago would have cost me around 16,000 dollars with surgery, MRIs, and doctor visits. But with insurance it cost me a little over 500 with the deductible and some co-pays at the doctor visits.

[sue1]

We are in the uk and our health system is different I believe than that in USA.

I have so far been unable to find any cover for a child playing tournaments so any one who knows where I can get this cover I would appreciate your advice.

[origmarm]

I believe that Sportscover can insure you:

http://www.sportscoverdirect.com/youthguard/

With Google I found some that looked interesting but that I've not heard of before:
http://www.sportsinjuryinsurance.co.uk/
http://www.endsleigh-business.co.uk/sports-insurance.html
http://www.hbinsurance.co.uk/Sports_Insurance.htm

Good luck

[njjohan]

We are in the uk and our health system is different I believe than that in USA.

I have so far been unable to find any cover for a child playing tournaments so any one who knows where I can get this cover I would appreciate your advice.

In the UK, they've got the NHS, a tax-funded health service. I'm pretty sure that no matter what citizenship you hold, any treatment is free, possibly excluding prescriptions.