S G K Health Insurance FIASCO - Urgent

[Rindaloo]

March girl.  Did you take both of these letters into the SGK office in Fethiye?  Did you have to have them translated?

[Rindaloo]

Willy at the British Consulate in Izmir, is just back from a big meeting in Istanbul.  He has been told of the situation with Bag Kur and he is "dealing with it straight away".

[shutterbug]

Ok, here's a new one. Today I got a registered letter from SGK which says that if I go to my consulate and get a letter stateing that I am no longer eligible for health care in the UK, they will re instate my SGK insurance. This must be done within 30 days.
Called Antalaya and the woman I spoke to knows nothing about it and says I have to write to the UK. Called Ankara and they told me to go to the office in Fethiye. He may know something, but has no power. So now it seems that the Turkish gov't is more on our side than the UK. Surprise!
Anyone else get one of these? Any ideas? Can't recall the number of the Consular in Izmir who called me some time back. Maybe tomorrow.....
Cheers

[Rindaloo]

Have PM'd you.

[geordieboy]

I also received a registered letter from the SGK,and had it verbally translated,the gist of which is as follows.

To meet the requirements to join the SGK you must provide documentary proof that you are retired,ie receiving a state pension,also proof you are out of the NHS.
These two documents must be translated and stamped by the notary

Further more,if you have been in the SGK,have received medical treatment,operations etc,and cannot provide the documents required,your insurance payments will be returned and you will have to pay for any treatments.
You have 30 days to comply with the requirements.

My translator did not mention any payments being returned if you had not made a claim.

[Rindaloo]

Willy has been discussing all this with the Director of SGK in Ankara, since Thursday.  Tomorrow there could be a big step forward in all this, I hope.  Interestingly, he says that he has spoken to the manager of the SGK in Fethiye and she assured him that they did not stop the insurances (Despite me being told TWICE, this week that mine HAS been stopped!!!!!).

[kizkucuk]

Any update on this?

[Rindaloo]

Nothing, sorry, nothing's simple, eh.  Our payment due.  Going to pay, don't want to give them any excuse.  No letter from SGK as yet...

[Carolyn1957]

I bumped into Neylan in Fethiye today who was going to take our letters confirming that Mike is in receipt of a UK state retirement pension and that neither of us are entitled to NHS treatment as we have lived in Turkey for more than six months.

Neylan told me she had been into the SGK office and had been told that our Bag Kur will cease at the end of December. She is now saying that we are not entitled to government health insurance because Mike receives a pension. I am extremely confused (as I'm sure many others are) as originally we were asked to get proof that he is in receipt of a pension. Surely health cover is a separate issue?

She did say that Willy was speaking to someone in Ankara and that it may be that information isn't reaching the Fethiye office. I can understand the manager being reluctant to act on hearsay but if anyone here can throw any more, hopefully positive, light it would be a great relief. She hoped to have more news in the next day or so.

Neylan also suggested that we get in all our visits to specialists etc. before the end of December. So if anyone is planning a heart attack they'd better get a shift on! Sorry if this sounds rather flippant but it was the way it came across to me today.

[shutterbug]

quote:Originally posted by Rindaloo

Nothing, sorry, nothing's simple, eh.  Our payment due.  Going to pay, don't want to give them any excuse.  No letter from SGK as yet...

You mean they have let you keep paying? They stopped me in Oct...returned the premium. Willy says they shouldn't have, but they very rudely told me to get the letter today at the SGK office in Fethiye. Will be calling Willy when he gets back from his conference! not happy.