HTH Worldwide
Healthy Solutions for the Global Traveler

May 25, 1999

HighwaytoHealth.com Launches The Internet’s Premier Travel Health Portal.

HighwaytoHealth.com, an Internet company, has introduced a comprehensive range of products and services to assist its members access quality healthcare around the World. The Company's scope of services, designed to help individuals find, obtain and pay for medical care while traveling, is unsurpassed. Services include:

  • On-line and toll-free appointment scheduling with a select network of more than 18,000 physicians around the World.
  • CityHealth ProfilesSM which present critical healthcare information for more than 350 top travel destinations.
  • Insurance products, offered through HighwaytoHealth.com's wholly-owned subsidiary Worldwide Insurance Services, Inc., which compensate for the reduced coverage most health plans provide when members travel.
  • Discounts for Dental services, Vision Care services and Prescription drugs throughout the United States.

Premier Members of HighwaytoHealth.com pay an annual membership fee and are covered around the World no matter how often they travel. Also, they can access HighwaytoHealth.com's services either on-line or by calling the HighwaytoHealth.com toll free assistance center. HighwaytoHealth.com will reach millions of individuals through its web-based partnerships with travel, health, insurance and other relevant on-line companies, as well as through marketing and distribution deals with health insurance, travel and major affinity organizations such as banking/credit card distributors.

"The Internet has enabled us to provide our members with information services and coverage on a world-wide basis. Additionally, the combination of the Internet, our international provider network and our customer call center permits us to deliver a level of service never before possible. No other organization offers its customers the ability to schedule physician appointments on-line around the globe," said Eliot Heher, M.D., co-founder of HighwaytoHealth.com.