Medical insurance

[col]

One question that seems to differ from what we had been led to believe is the subject of having a health insurance policy in the uk. To what originally seemed quite straight forward, as in....'if an ex pat had a uk health insurance policy, there was no need for the this turkish insurance' (or on those lines) The latest seems to suggest that it has to cover an expat in Turkey, and yes of course that would make sense. There seems to be very few uk health policies to cover this, meaning an expat would have to take out an 'expats health insurance policy.
It would be helpful if any members have just a uk health policy that does in fact cover the applicant for being in Turkey.

[quackers]

My sister is here with us for 1 year(here since Oct 2011) and she has residency because of the new laws coming into force on visas. She has 1 year health insurance with a UK company (its called a gap year insurance and you can only have it once). We are going to register her next week and we are going to point out the insurance she has already and see what they say. I will post the results here.

[kizkucuk]

I had a quote for a private Health Insurance Policy last week - cheapest they came up with was £106.00 a month.   SSK/UHI whatever they want to call it is cheaper but still going to struggle to pay it  :-)

[ovaciksarah]

My son,s and my joint private insurance is 1365tl per year, and I can c hoose if ill to go to any hospital anywhere in Turkey, much cheaper than the turkish insurance as I have no claims for the last 7 years.  If this new law fall down as most of their laws do after a few months and I have cancelled my privaste one, I will have great difficulty in starting again.  Where exactly is the office we have to go to to register?

[baklavalover]

Well done Dutchie and Quackers for keeping this discussion level headed and informative..........valid points are always heard on here but usually shot down with moans and groans.  It's nice to see actual helpful info rather than a litany of negative whinges

[Diverbaz 1]

quote:My sister is here with us for 1 year(here since Oct 2011) and she has residency because of the new laws coming into force on visas. She has 1 year health insurance with a UK company (its called a gap year insurance and you can only have it once). We are going to register her next week and we are going to point out the insurance she has already and see what they say. I will post the results here.

Surely your sister doesn't have to register because she has not had residency for 1 year??

[Liz 101]

quote:Originally posted by ovaciksarah

  Where exactly is the office we have to go to to register?

It's about 4 blocks from the otogar roundabout on the LHS going towards Kipa.

[quackers]

I expect not Baz but we are going to the office to find out and make sure just in case. Anyway she may want to stay longer as she loves it here even in the rain and cold and her UK insurance will run out and is not renewable.

[happy_brit]

State Health insurance, yet another way of extracting money from Yabancilar (Foreigners). What is wrong with, Pay As You Go, when you need it pay for it, if you wish to sign up for the State System then that should be your choice. I believe we are being asked to register because the powers that be do not know who actually lives here, and this is merely a Census to try and find out and identify us. The British Government, will as usual do nothing to assist us. Why not e-mail The Honoury  British Consulate in Fethiye at bhcfethiye@superonline.com and make your opinion felt. Why did we pay NI for all those years, for your own lifetime healthcare or for the benefit of the illegal immigrants that swarm in to the UK on a daily basis?

[happy_brit]

Further to my earlier post, here is the e-mail address for the BRITISH AMBASSADOR, David Reddaway in Ankara: david.reddaway@fco.gov.uk This is where the buck stops, get those e-mails flowing...