Paisano Membership: $119 covers your trip to Mexico
A short trip home — two weeks, three, a month at most. If you are hospitalized in Mexico during that trip and the hospital you land in cannot give you the care you need, this membership pays for the flight that moves you to one that can. One price, $119, bought before you leave, good for the whole trip up to 30 days.
Who buys this
People flying from the United States to see family in Mexico, most often outside the big cities: a rancho, a pueblo, a small town two hours from the nearest hospital that has an ICU. Also the adult children who buy it for their parents, which is most of our memberships. You do not have to be the traveler to buy it.
What actually goes wrong
Not the exotic things. A fall. A stroke. A heart attack at a family party. A car accident on a dark road. The local clinic stabilizes the patient and then says, truthfully, that they cannot keep them. From there the family has one real option and it costs twenty to forty thousand dollars, has to be paid before the aircraft moves, and has to be arranged at three in the morning by people who have never done it before.
Your US health plan mostly stops at the border. Trip insurance reimburses you afterwards; it does not dispatch an aircraft. This membership is the part nobody else is selling: the transport itself, already paid for, already arranged with the company that owns the aircraft.
What the membership includes
One covered medical transport to the hospital the member chooses, when the treating facility cannot provide the care needed.
ICU jet or medical escort, decided by our medical director on clinical grounds rather than on cost.
One ground ambulance inside Mexico at either end. We own that ground capability, so a transfer does not wait on a subcontractor.
A companion seat where the aircraft and the patient's condition allow it.
24/7 assistance in Spanish and English, answered by flight coordinators, not a message service.
The whole trip, up to 30 days. No deductible, no per-day rate, no claim form to file afterwards.
What it does not cover, said now rather than later
It covers events that begin after the membership starts. If the patient is already hospitalized or already needs to be moved, this is the wrong product — call us and we will quote the transport directly.
Transport into the United States or Canada requires documentation permitting the member's lawful entry to that country. This does not affect transport between points inside Mexico, which is what most of these cases turn out to be.
It is not health insurance. It does not pay the hospital bill. It pays for moving the patient.
You may cancel within 7 days of purchase for a full refund, provided the trip has not started and no claim or request for transport has been made. After that it is non-refundable, used or not.
For clubs, parishes and employers
If you lead a hometown club, a federation, a congregation or a crew that travels to Mexico together, we will set up a sign-up link for your group, give you handouts in Spanish and English, and assign a named coordinator your people can call directly. Tell us how many travelers and when they go.
Who is behind it
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance has flown critical patients since 1994, incorporated as MED JETS S.A. de C.V. in 1996. We fly our own aircraft with bilingual flight physicians and critical care nurses, and we run our own ground ambulances in Mexico. We hold Florida Department of Health EMS Service Provider licence AIR9505, status clear and verifiable on the State of Florida public licence register.
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is an indirect air carrier. All flights are operated by FAA Part 135 certificated direct air carriers or their foreign equivalents.
Buy it before the trip starts
$119, up to 30 days. Buy the Paisano Membership.
If someone is already in a hospital
Do not buy a membership — call us. We will tell you what the flight costs, what the insurance is likely to pay, and whether a medical escort on a commercial flight is clinically adequate, which costs considerably less than a dedicated aircraft. We answer 24 hours a day.
