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Insurers sticklers for snowbirds' health stability

By Alain Thériault | Sept. 14, 2022, 10:30 a.m.

Photo: Unsplash | Oxana Melis

In travel insurance, a simple change in treatment for a pre-existing condition can cost an insured hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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