Last night i put this post in the medical hygene and health section but figured maybe not everyone heads over there. since it is in reguards to thru hiking and section hiking in large chunks i thought i might get some good feed back here as well.

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Did you have Medical Insurance/Coverage when you hiked?
I am planning to do the AT in two streches, Georgia to New York then Maine to New York. Now i need to skip a semester of college when i do the South to north part and i will have graduated when i do the North South section. I will not have coverage since i wont be enroled in school when i head north and i will be out of school and unemployed when i go North to south.

So medical insurance will be an issue. I am hoping to get two things out of this post. 1- How many long range hikers had the medical insurance problems and how they solved them. and 2 how many accually hiked without any coverage?

well i hope this is the place to go.

thanks
Dog