Emergency travel assistance (referred to as Global Medical Assistance) In addition to the covered expenses outlined previously in Section 2 - What are covered expenses?, covered expenses also include the reasonable charges for necessary services and supplies incurred as a result of the emergency treatment of injury or disease which occurs during the first 60 days of travel in any period of absence from the province of residence, for the transportation, hotel/motel lodging, and custodial services of an attendant for dependent children travelling with a covered person, left unattended by the death or hospitalization of the covered person, limited to $2,000; return of the covered person's vehicle to his or her residence or to the nearest appropriate rental agency, if the covered person dies or is hospitalized for more than seven consecutive days, limited to $1,000 and one vehicle; transportation and hotel/motel lodging for one family member to visit a covered person who, while travelling alone, has been hospitalized for more than seven consecutive days, limited to the cost of one round-trip economy fare and $150 a day hotel/motel lodging and expenses for a maximum of 10 days; pre-arranged, pre-paid return transportation, missed due to injury or disease of the covered person, limited to one-way economy fares, less credit for unused tickets, for the covered person and one accompanying family member; hotel/motel lodging and expenses incurred on an after a pre-arranged return departure date for an accompanying family member who remains with a covered person who is hospitalized on the pre-arranged return departure date, limited to $150 a day for a maximum of 10 days; preparation and shipment of the body of a deceased covered person for burial or cremation, limited to the lesser of the cost to prepare and return the body to the province of residence and $5,000; the cost of a coffin is not a covered expense. incidental non-medical hospital expenses incurred by a covered person while hospitalized, limited to $100. Additional services and supplies may be included at the discretion of Great-West Life.
