Panama is now finally starting to build a real tourism business including bringing back the medical insurance program.

Granting insurance for a period of 15 days and limiting the scope to medical care are some of the changes that are being prepared to re-offer free medical insurance for tourists.

Previously the insurance covered up to 30 days for tourists entering through the international airport of Tocumen, but now the new proposal that is under study by the Tourism Authority would reduce the term to two weeks, which is the length of time that most tourists stay in the country. The benefit was implemented by the Martinelli administration in 2011 and canceled three years later, due to its high cost. 

Prensa.com reports that “…Another change that the institution may make in order to resurrect this product is that it will only cover medical care and not compensation, as it did before, when it established a payment of up to $20 thousand.”

“… Also, they want to hire a company that will provide all of the logistics for medical care, without using an intermediary.”

Source: Prensa.com