Medical insurance

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by crazybird

Further to my previous post. At 06.00 Turkish time today a Fax was sent to 10 Downing Street for the urgent attention of David Cameron. I have made it clear the situation we are dealing with here, and have asked for the problem to be actioned at the highest level in London and Ankara. I will post back on the Forum when I have received a reply.

No offence Crazybird but you are living on a different planet to most of us. You actually truly appear to believe you will be getting replies! Good job you marked it for Dave's "urgent attention" because they don't interrupt his busy day for faxes only marked for his attention. You will have made Whitehall sit up to attention as that fax whirred in.

Good idea to ask for this matter to be dealt with at the highest level. Without that they might have dealt with it at just quite a high level, and that wouldn't be any good at all.

[Scunner]

"Mr Obama...you better take this...we have a "crazy bird" calling on Skype..."

[Highlander]

Can I ask a silly question....

Why a fax - why not a fax and an email.

[Sus]

quote:Originally posted by Highlander

Can I ask a silly question....

Why a fax - why not a fax and an email.

Because Dave gets too many emails and his staff state they can not guarantee reading all of them or replying to them and when they do it can take weeks to do so.

[Scunner]

Yes, you can't bounce a fax

[mercury]

You have made our day Keith. Havent laughed so much for ages. Sorry it this offends anyone else but I agree with everything you have written. What makes this problem worse however is that we just do not know what we are getting for our money. I have asked 3 Turkish people this week who have had to sign up for it what they get and they dont know either. We will be signing up for it like most people I know because of the scaremongering 836TL. We looked into private healthcare when we first came here but it was a prohibitive price for Barrie so didnt follow it up. It remains to be seen whether we will be allowed to sign up for SGK in which case I will have to pay the 216tl? for myself. As I drive maybe a sensible option.

[Ovacikpeedoff]

Get a petition together and give it to the Mayor of Fethiye and what is he to do with it?

I know declare Fethiye is no longer part of Turkey but is a British dominion and all health treatment will be free. British passports will be available to all people living in Fethiye.

Sue the British government for neglecting expats. Who and Where are you going to sue?

If you can afford the legal costs you can afford to pay for health insurance.

Get the Turkish government to change the law so that you pay if you use the system. If you do not then let the Turk with less money than most of the expats foot the bill for the upkeep of the health system.

From the posts on here it will take 6 months just to agree what you are up in arms about.

We have the earlier post saying that it has nothing to do with those who do not live in Turkey. It does because it is those people that live and pay taxes in the UK that will foot the bill for it.

Refuse to pay taxes, Oh cant do that as you do not pay taxes in the UK.

When signing the petition will those who illegally return to the UK and use the NHS own up to doing it. Again, it is the people who live in the UK are picking up the tab for this illegal treatment.

[hubblebubble]

I am struggling to believe so many expats apparentlly see the world through the bottom of their beer bottle and believe it revolves solely around them and their paltry bank balances and miniscule input to the economy.
Surely if you choose to live in Turkey - it is up to you to stay current on news which might affect you, law changes etc . Alternatively you can choose to see the world very parochially but don't flippin whinge when it comes knocking at your door over an issue that is helping bring Turkey into the 21st century.
Think of all those babies in need of life saving treatment who wont now get turned away from hospitals as the family cant pay when you forego that Efes to pay your UHI.

The Consulate could and should have done more to clarify in advance - in their defence getting definitive and unconflicting info from Turkish governmental departments is far from straightforward and they have been working on it a lot longer than the US, Canadian, Australian and NZ consulates who all reckon they only found out yesterday sigh.

[Sus]

quote:Originally posted by Ovacikpeedoff

Get a petition together and give it to the Mayor of Fethiye and what is he to do with it?

It depends how stiff the paper is for what he can use it for.

[saoirse]

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