S G K Health Insurance FIASCO - Urgent

[dinger]

Regarding what was said to us at the SGK office regarding the fine, we were told we would not be fined because our current Residency runs out in 6weeks and hence does not have one full year left on it therfore they cant fine us, they showed no interest at all that our previous Residency Permits covered a period of 4 years, the important thing appears to be that you have 1 full year or more left on your current RP

[Firo]

Dinger I dread doing our marraige certificate translation as it's from Cuba! I can just see the problems and costs that will incur....lol.. I wonder if our UK Home office stamped translation will be used instead?...Thanks for the information.

[joemerc]

We have just read the article in the Fethiye Times regarding this insurance, we have lived here for 8 years and I have had a pacemaker fitted. This operation took place in Antalya 6 years ago, I have to have 6 monthly checkups, I also have numerouse tablets to take everyday.  The amount I pay for my medication does not come anywhere near the monthly amount being asked for on this insurance and therefore we do not want to partake in this scheme but according to the article we would be fined if we did not join.  Is it or is it not compulsory? joemerc

[tribalelder]

I can fully understand so many people complaining about finding an extra couple of thousand TL to pay for this insurance but if you bring the reduced amount you now pay for your residency into the equation the deal does not seem quite so bad.

[Rindaloo]

I agree Brian.  I think the main issue is the fact that, it seems the Turks have been told via the TV and Papers (this is what we were told today by a Turk).  If this is the case, why on earth didn't the Consulate have something about it on their website?  I don't know how long ago it was decided to have this push for expats and Turks alike to be compulsorily on SKG Healthcare, but we seem to have cottoned on very late in the day and how on earth are people going to set this up in time if they aren't in Turkey in the next few days?  Also, some people aren't on the internet and are not up to speed with what's going on.   It seems clumsy and brutal.

[Scunner]

It also perhaps seems calculating - reduce residency to a fraction of what it was, wait for people to jump in and take a number years - once caught, release the news relating to people with a year or more residency...

[Rindaloo]

I might agree with you but THAT tactic would require a cunning plan........  And I don't see much in the way planning, cunning or otherwise, in what has been going on in the past year or two with Bagkur.

[Dutchie]

Apparently it had been decided and published in 2010 that these changes would be made.
I hadn't heard anything about it though.

[quackers]

It was discused on this forum in August 2010 about the changes coming in (although the date given for impelementation was Oct 2010)and an article in Hurriet Daily News was attached.

[corbindallas]

I find it incredible from what I am reading that I now have to find another £2000 a year for my partner and I to be able to stay in Turkey, as we are not married we have to pay double, I am guessing our daughter as she is under 3 will be tagged  on one of the policies (unlike the resident permit). I moved to Turkey when this scheme was not on the horizon, so I knew if we need anything medical we pay private, I have no issue with this at all.We live here full time for 10 month's of the year, the rest back in the UK, so we also don't want to give up our NHS status either, we are also well under retirement age,and have no real income apart from interest payments therefore to have to now divert £2000 a year for something we don't want or need, means we will have to shorten our future in Turkey, is this what they really wanted to achieve!