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Studying Abroad With Type 1 Diabetes

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xxgracie94xx

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Hi, I am in Lower Sixth (Yr12) i am meant to be in Upper Sixth but due to health problems not relating to Diabetes i needed another year! But to the point i want to study in the USA for Uni/College, but i wanted to know how do i recieve medical treatment? because i am not permently movie there can i still get my prescriptions from the UK? if not how much would it cost? and if anything were to happen to me while out there what cover would i need? Any help would be great thank you!

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I would imagine that you will need to arrange medical insurance cover whilst your away studying (even if you are getting your medication from the UK), I have only ever been to the US on holidays but I can tell you the cover is quite expensive and you want to make sure you don't scrimp on it..

The link noblehead has provided is a good start; it may also be worth getting in touch with the colleges in question.. I am not sure if you have looked into the cost of studying in the US but I would imagine this will be by far the bigger sticking point than the diabetes!
 
If you studying in the USA, you are going to have some form of medical insurance... As the EU10 (the green medical) card doesn't cover any medical treatment outside of the EU, and we haven't got any arrangements for the government to cover any medical bills in America...

Due to import/export regulations you won't be able to get anybody to post your medical supplies to you in the states, and you really wouldn't want to take the risk of insulin being transported across the world in dubious uncontrolled environments that's for sure...

You can arrange to take so much supplies with you, but you will have to check with the airline you'll travelling with concerning keeping the insulin in the cabin with you and not the haul of the plane... And if you are travelling back to the uk regularly you can pick up more supplies while home to take back.. But you will be limited to what the doctor will prescribe for you.. This would however limit some of the costs for you..

But as noblehead said, contact the DUK, as they will give you full information concerning what you can and can not do, and also point you in the direction of medical insurance cover to fit your needs
 
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