Health insurance for U.S. family visiting you in Portugal
When U.S. parents, siblings, and friends come visit you in Portugal, their U.S. coverage doesn’t travel. Medicare is U.S.-only. Most employer plans drop emergency-only outside the country. VisitorsCoverage compares 20+ visitor-insurance plans in five minutes.
Compare visitor plans →A part of moving abroad many Americans don’t plan for: when your U.S. family visits you in Portugal, they’re uninsured. Medicare is U.S.-only. Most U.S. employer plans only travel for emergency care, with low limits. A simple slip-and-fall in Lisbon can become a €15,000 hospital bill. VisitorsCoverage is a marketplace — compare quotes from 20+ visitor-insurance providers in one place, filter by trip length, age, and coverage limits, and buy in five minutes.
Plans for ages 0–99
Includes plans for elderly visitors with high coverage limits and no upper-age cutoff — important for visiting parents.
Trip-length flexibility
From 5 days to 12 months. Buy now for a trip starting tomorrow or three months out.
Pre-existing conditions
Several plans cover acute onset of pre-existing conditions — important for older visitors with chronic care needs.
Why VisitorsCoverage instead of buying direct
Going direct to one insurer means seeing one set of options. VisitorsCoverage compares 20+ plans side-by-side — including the major names like Atlas, Patriot, and Trawick — so you can see real pricing differences for the exact trip length and age. The platform itself is free; you pay the same plan cost as buying direct, plus you get one customer-service channel for any plan you bought through them.
- Compare 20+ insurers in a single search
- Instant quotes with no email signup required
- Same price as direct — no markup for using the marketplace
- Coverage from 5 days to 12 months
- U.S.-based customer support for all plans
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