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English term

trufflejus

40 questions

prescription carrier

English to Spanish Other Insurance

"No ma'am, I am not talking about the pharmacy. I have to call our prescription carrier to see if your son is covered." - Health plan rep

Proposed translations (Spanish)

4 +4	compañia aseguradora	Steven Huddleston
4	prestador de servicios médicos	anelape

Discussion

anelape Jul 8, 2008: How does this sound? Llamar a la Plan médico/Obra Social para ver si la receta tiene cobertura. (to find out if the son is able to buy those medicines with the proper coverage)
trufflejus (asker) Jul 8, 2008: Right, I agree with you, but what I am asking is how you would relate it to the "prescriptions". I hope I am not insisting too much, but I have not been able to think of a good way to connect the two concepts off the top of my head.
anelape Jul 7, 2008: If you have a medical plan (cobertura médica) which uses different services that would be diferentes prestadores. I think it´s the way I see it.
trufflejus (asker) Jul 7, 2008: For example, the Empire Plan in NY, which uses GHI for some benefits, Blue Cross for others, and so on.
trufflejus (asker) Jul 7, 2008: Right, but this is like when you have a medical plan which uses different carriers for different benefits (e.g.: hospital stays, drug plans, chiropractic, etc.). So what are your thoughts on making it more specific?
trufflejus (asker) Jul 7, 2008: I checked some of the prior inquiries pertaining to "carriers" in this context and wanted to see if there was something that was better suited. Thanks to all in advance!

Proposed translations

8 mins

anelape

Argentina

55 answers

Native in Spanish

prestador de servicios médicos

Declined

Here we call it "Obra social" ó "Prepaga". Hope it helps.

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-07-07 23:06:55 GMT)
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No!!, I correct. I agree with Steven. It´s aseguradora. (My mistake).

7 mins

Steven Huddleston

Mexico

1147 answers

Native in English & Spanish

Works in field

compañia aseguradora