MASA - RV-Dreams Community Forum

gardenhavens · RV-Dreams Community Member

MASA

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

First of all, welcome to the RV Dreams forums. You will generally find lots of answers here in the forums and on Howard and Linda's overall website.

First time I've even heard of MASA. If you are referring to MASA medical transport, then you have placed it in the right category. If you are referring to masa meaning "dough" in Spanish, and thus cooking related, then it would need to be in another category.

I'm presuming you mean the medical transport, since you also mentioned FMCA assist.

Terry

gardenhavens · RV-Dreams Community Member

Thanks Terry for the welcome.

Yep, I do mean the Medical Transport. Seems like a great "program" but for us, it is a little pricey. The gentleman who gave the presentation was good - but he was a salesman. I decided to try to get more info from the RV world. Especially from those who have used it...

Thanks again,

Diane Hitzel

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Skymed and MASA are the main competitors and both sell to the RV world. In the past you could get a lifetime MASA membership, which gave many piece of mind and was the choice for friends. That was not available with Skymed. Both are more full featured than FMCA's offering, giving you more choice of where you are transported to, etc. But the FMCA offering is much cheaper and does the job for many. Both Skymed and MASA will badmouth FMCA assist, often trying to scare you. But, realize how much money they spend to recruit new customers, money that your fees are paying for. If you have pre-existing conditions, check the fine print on the contracts, including FMCA assist.

gardenhavens · RV-Dreams Community Member

Thanks Bill for the information and insight.

DebandDon · RV-Dreams Community Member

We know a number of people that have MASA and it seems to be the preferred program for people who live in the country. We are on the verge of subscribing for the annual program which is about $450. FMCA Assist seems to be a good program but it only covers you if you are more than 75 miles from home. We live in a rural area and would want coverage where we live as well as "on the road" coverage so we will be going with MASA. SkyMed concerns me because it appears that they cover you in areas where they have a presence and don't cover you where they don't. MASA covers you anywhere you are because they are more like an insurance company which pays the bill to the actual ambulance that assisted you.

Hope this helps.

Don