Missionary Medical Evacuation Assistance Ministry

Aviation Missions, Inc. is partnering with MedJetAssist to provide group rates for membership in a program that provides worldwide medical evacuation for members 24 hours a day 7 days a week. If a MedjetAssist member is sick or injured while more than 150 miles from home and requires inpatient hospitalization, Medjet will arrange for them to be transported to the hospital of their choice virtually anywhere in the world. This is NOT an insurance policy or program. It is a membership program with a global network of air ambulance affiliates with access to 250 air ambulances staffed with specially trained emergency medical personnel ready to launch at a moment’s notice.

Note:   Applications for membership must be accompanied by proof of US Health Insurance coverage. This does not include the 'care-share' type of programs.

AMI receives no remuneration from MedJetAssist. AMI provides the possibility for missionaries to obtain discounted group rates for this membership plan.

Who should join this program?

  • Missionaries and families
  • Pastors,evangelists, home missionaries who travel more than 150 miles from their home.

Why should you join?

  • Travel insurance, standard medical insurance, assistance plans, platinum card memberships do not offer a program as comprehensive and with as few restrictions as this one. The missionary and his family will be evacuated to the hospital they choose if they require inpatient care and are stable for transport.
  • Cost of an international medical transport could be as much as $65,000 to $100,000. The pre-paid membership annual fee is the only cost for domestic and international protection. There are no dollar limits on evacuation benefits; no deductibles; no co-payments; no claim forms.
  • There are no natural disaster or terrorism exclusions.

Which plan is appropriate?

  • Missionaries who are overseas full time (longer than 90 days) should choose the Expatriate plan.
  • Missionaries, pastors, evangelists, or others who travel more than 150 miles from the home should choose the Regular Plan. (This includes trips outside of the United States for 90 days or less at a time)

Please contact AMI with any questions regarding this program or the different plans. To apply for membership, call 1-800-5ASSIST (1-800-527-7478) and be sure to mention that you are applying under Aviation Missions, Inc.

Below is a chart comparing typical travel insurance, premium card, and assistance program coverages with this membership plan.

MedJet will arrange evacuation for injury or illness, as long as our transport destination is an inpatient hospital setting. Your travel insurance coverage or assistance program probably says it will transport you if evacuation is a "medical necessity." In other words, they get to decide whether or not your condition merits transport.
MedJet lets you decide where you want to go in the event of a medical evacuation. For instance, we'll take you to the hospital in your hometown, even if you are thousands of miles away, virtually anywhere in the world. Insurance and premium card programs typically reserve the right to transport patients to the "nearest appropriate hospital." If they think you are getting adequate treatment where you are, you may have to stay in that hospital.
MedJet guarantees transports in the United States as well as internationally. As long as you are more than 150 miles from your primary residence, you qualify. With other programs, you may not qualify for a transport unless you are traveling internationally.
MedJet is a pre-paid membership program with no dollar limits on costs for medical evacuation and repatriation. Travel insurance and premium card programs usually have a cap on how much they will spend on their covered services.
No adventure travel exclusion, no terrorism exclusion, and no natural disaster exclusion. No deductibles, co-payments or claim forms. (See below for limited exclusions.) Extensive pre-existing conditions exclusions may apply. Programs usually have exclusions or require extra payment to lift exclusions on adventure travel, terrorism, and natural disasters. Services are often subject to a deductible.




Note: Members will not be entitled to air medical transport benefits if their illness or injury is a result of or is contributed to by the following:

  • War, invasion, or civil war.
  • Suicide or attempted suicide or intentional self injury
  • A member's own criminal or felonious act, or sustained while the member is in a state of insanity.
  • A member on an organ transplant list prior to enrollment will not be transported for that transport.
  • A member who is hospitalized at the time of enrollment will not be eligible for transport benefits for that hospitalization and may not be accepted for membership entirel