{"id":106121,"date":"2019-10-05T05:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=106121"},"modified":"2019-10-05T05:52:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T20:52:55","slug":"travel-insurance-die-while-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=106121","title":{"rendered":"Travel Insurance:  Die while Waiting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106124\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_9217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>Rikita-san got food poisoning and was feeling super sick. \u00a0so he went to &#8220;Doctor&#8217;s on Call&#8221; in the Hilton Hawaiian Village. \u00a0this is where it got complicated. \u00a0we all know that America has the highest cost for health care. \u00a0you never want to walk into a hospital without insurance! \u00a0so Rikita-san was on the phone with his credit card trying to find out if he was covered. \u00a0they told him they will call him back in 1 hour? \u00a0 really? \u00a0so we were waiting and waiting. \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106122\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_9218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>then Rikita-san couldn&#8217;t wait anymore and called his credit company again. \u00a0they told him that they will call him back in an hour again. \u00a0then he said &#8220;what if i die in that one hour?&#8221; \u00a0i was laughing, but he was serious. \u00a0then he got the call and they said they will cover the cost. \u00a0thank goodness! \u00a0SO, something to think about is: \u00a0find out where and what is covered BEFORE you travel. \u00a0as for me, i always buy travel insurance before i travel. \u00a0it costs $30 and covers anything. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0just a piece of mind when traveling&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106123\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8890.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>went to an art gallery with Mama and Papa Iwata-san. \u00a0they told me about it and i didn&#8217;t even know where it was. \u00a0but wow, there were some really cool paintings.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106125\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8892.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>this one caught my eye and made me instantly happy. \u00a0this is Molokai! \u00a0one of the most beautiful places in the world.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106126\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_9274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>after waiting hours for the new baby to come, i was looking forward to eating this delicious oxtail soup from Aiea Bowl. \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106127\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_9264-e1570172203268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/>Micah is such a great young Father. \u00a0i watch how he takes care of his kids and i get teary eyes. \u00a0so calm and so gentle. \u00a0he loves his girls so much and now will love his boy so much&#8230;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106128\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_7618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>and since we will have the same birthdays from now on, i&#8217;m a very fortunate Uncle. \u00a0it was the perfect birthday gift any Uncle can ask for. \u00a0i can&#8217;t wait to take this boy surfing! \u00a0maybe next week? \u00a0haha&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rikita-san got food poisoning and was feeling super sick. \u00a0so he went to &#8220;Doctor&#8217;s on Call&#8221; in the Hilton Hawaiian Village. \u00a0this is where it got complicated. \u00a0we all know that America has the highest cost for health care. \u00a0you never want to walk into a hospital without insurance! \u00a0so Rikita-san was on the phone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-106121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}