Health Insurance for Son Just Visiting United States?

[llaz 232]

PR Husband and I live in the United States

My stepson lives in Chile with his mother and is a Chilean citizen

 

He's not traveling currently due to obvious reasons and probably won't be traveling for at least another 2 years. He would just be coming to visit for a month or so and will come on the visa waiver program. I wanted to see if anyone has any insight or experience on if your employer has allowed you to carry health insurance for a child that doesn't live with you and is obviously not really tied to the United States in a way of residency, ssn etc.? Or maybe we can just outright purchase a health insurance plan for the month? I'm not really concerned about him healthwise I just feel like it would make everyone feel better if he were covered just in case something were to happen. Any advice pertaining to the topic would be appreciated! 

Please no comments on authorizations to leave the country or anything like that - we have extensively researched this topic and this is essentially our last question mark on this topic and are working to get all documents necessary ready for any future travel.

[JFH 12,189]

He will need travel insurance from his home country. Travel insurance will cover the cost of taking him back home if he is hospitalized here and misses his booked flight home and needs to buy a new ticket or if he needs to be taken home with medical assistance. Your health insurance would not cover that. 

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[SalishSea 16,770]

29 minutes ago, llaz said:

I wanted to see if anyone has any insight or experience on if your employer has allowed you to carry health insurance for a child that doesn't live with you and is obviously not really tied to the United States in a way of residency, ssn etc.?

No.

 

You can purchase travel insurance for him from within his country before he travels.  Before my husband emigrated, he had a NZ-based insurance plan that covered multiple trips over a one year period.  

[Ontarkie 13,916]

Actually you might be able to have him covered on your insurance even with him being in Chile. I know more than one person who has joint custody and the US base parent has insurance for them for when they are here. They pay for it just like if they lived full time in the US as you can't be adding and dropping them for just visits.