S G K Health Insurance FIASCO - Urgent

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If  you are resident here you have NO cover in the UK and they both know it! You will be charged in the UK, or put on visitor visa here I'll bet. Also an artical in the Hurriyet Daily News that people who live abroad and rent their houses for holidays and do not pay tax are going to be in trouble. Sounds more and more like the UK doesn't it? That's EU influence thank you very much, but probably fair.

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You can call Ahmet at the Fethiye office or go and see him, or the Izmir Consulate which is in charge of health care for UK citizens nationwide. Sir Wm Buttigeg MBE is the one you want to talk to. 0232 4635 151 ext 120 or 121. He is really busy and hard to reach sometimes. Google the website and send him an email. Really nice and very helpful. He is the one who negotiated the one letter for all for us instead of each having one from NHS.

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quote:Originally posted by jonuzumlu

Originally posted by shutterbug

This morning I was told that new subscribers must have a medical check and no pre existing conditions will be covered. S...! Sooo sell something and pay the money I guess. Friends in SGK office say they were refused the form to fill in to join.  did we all fall down a rabbit hole? ;-)))
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Who provided the information that pre-existing conditions were not covered?

British Consul in Fethiye.

[Rindaloo]

quote:Originally posted by shutterbug

I signed up in 2010 when it first was available. I was the first in Mugla I believe.

Bag Kur was made available to foreigners in November 2008.  I know of two couples who have had it since early 2009.  They both live in the Mugla area.

I think its a great shame that STILL things aren't settled (it seems).  

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quote:Originally posted by saoirse

Dutchie is the  Emniyet Genel Mudurlugu connected to RP issue info or in/ out stamp sat the airport info- I am still trying to work out if its literally 12 months continuous living there or simply permission to do so (holding an RP)

You must show your residence permit and the policy (health) expires with the expiry date on your passport. Same day. Which is why you reapply a couple -3 weeks before it expires. That book is really more important than your pp for many things here. It only costs 149tl now per year.

[pegleg]

i am paying sgk went to letoon thursday and friday no problem i was on the system went to get tablets from the chemistsi hour later and i am no longer on the system, any ideas why??

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quote:Originally posted by pegleg

i am paying sgk went to letoon thursday and friday no problem i was on the system went to get tablets from the chemistsi hour later and i am no longer on the system, any ideas why??

Good question. Call Willy or Ahmet first thing on Monday. Is your payment by direct debit? Mine was not, my ins agent kindly did it for me at the bank. They stopped my access and returned the money, but did not close the account. Very important to get it sorted. Don't want to have to start over with the new one.

[lance]

I do not understand this at all  can some tell me ,how much do a couple pay each month ,do they have to pay ,how will anyone know if you haven't paid ,who fines you ,i know there is the web site but i cannot translate it ,my p.c. wont do it ,i did hear it was about 400tl a month if this is so how can people afford it ,dont think they want the Brits here anymore .[!]

[Carolyn1957]

quote:Originally posted by lance

I do not understand this at all  can some tell me ,how much do a couple pay each month ,do they have to pay ,how will anyone know if you haven't paid ,who fines you ,i know there is the web site but i cannot translate it ,my p.c. wont do it ,i did hear it was about 400tl a month if this is so how can people afford it ,dont think they want the Brits here anymore .[!]

We pay 285TL a month. The Bag Kur is in my husband'd name and I am added on to it. From what I can gather talking to Turkish friends who are married and in work, they pay the same.

[Scunner]

I am doing Scunner Health Insurance now - so you can take that out and I'll send you an insurance certificate to prove you don't need this Turkish one. Sadly it doesn't cover pre-existing medical conditions. Or any that aren't pre-existing. But it's only fifty quid a year!