Author Topic: could this be good news  (Read 3098 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline trainer

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 946
  • Age: 58
  • Location: The BORO
  • Last man standing



Offline JohnF

  • Administrator
  • Prolific Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4322
Re: could this be good news
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2014, 14:33:22 PM »
Only if something is actually done. 

Bear in mind that this current governments policies are making it more difficult all round for holiday home owners to come and go on a casual basis.  They were going in the right direction for a while with the reduction in RP charges, but now appear to want to make things more difficult (e.g. first RP to be applied for in country of domicile).

JF

Offline LeeGlo

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 816
  • Location: Was Fethiye - now Cannock
Re: could this be good news
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2014, 17:58:32 PM »
He needs to get and sort out the RP situation as well, lets get back to being able to do multiple  years' RP's and cut the crap about needing to have health insurance to obtain RP. We are quite happy to fund our health care needs as and when they arise. Those of us who no longer own property, but rent and live permanently in Turkey also contribute to the economy big style, rather more than the 2 week holiday tourists I would have thought.

Offline JohnF

  • Administrator
  • Prolific Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4322
Re: could this be good news
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2014, 18:04:49 PM »
cut the crap about needing to have health insurance to obtain RP.

Looking at this objectively, what is wrong with asking foreigners to show that they've made provision for their healthcare, if they wish to live in a (non EU) country for extended periods of time?


JF



Offline stoop

  • Cerial Killer
  • Global Moderator
  • Prolific Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17649
  • Age: 68
  • Location: York, North Yorkshire
Re: could this be good news
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2014, 20:10:22 PM »
The problem with not having healthcare is if you become seriously ill and need major surgery. Suppose you don't have the funds. What would happen? 

Offline Scunner

  • Chairman of the Bored
  • Administrator
  • Prolific Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 45714
  • Age: 57
  • Location: Perthchester
Re: could this be good news
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2014, 20:18:57 PM »
You only need to remember the earliest days of SGK for expats - when it was supposed to be being made compulsory. The number of expats who claimed £80/month (roughly the figure quoted at that time) meant they couldn't afford to live in Turkey. I said at the time, it was incredible to learn how many people are living (in fairness often also in their later years) with no health cover whatsoever, in a foreign, non-EU country - and claiming £20 a week was absolutely beyond their means.

If not them, who do they think should pay for their heart surgery or cancer treatment?

Offline LeeGlo

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 816
  • Location: Was Fethiye - now Cannock
Re: could this be good news
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2014, 11:24:53 AM »
We too thought SGK a good idea, at the time, and joined. We paid in for 2 years and then they started messing about with the rules to the point where you didn't know if you were in or out.
Also they do not cover existing conditions so if you had a heart attack years ago and then had another they could refuse cover, so you would have paid in and could still be presented with a hefty bill.

If this is supposed to be a "National Health Scheme" then it should cover every eventuality like the NHS in the UK. Until it does we'll keep our "health fund" money in the bank, where it's earning interest.

I appreciate that some people are living here on a shoestring and would be in serious financial trouble if they had a major health problem without some sort of insurance.

 





Share me

Digg  Facebook  SlashDot  Delicious  Technorati  Twitter  Google  Yahoo
Smf