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hoops man · « **Reply #130 on:** January 23, 2012, 17:29:38 PM »

Regarding the pay as you go basis for health service. Turkish people have insurance called Bakur which must be paid monthly which enables them to health service in Turkey. They still have to pay a small part of any bill. This also covers them as its connected to their pensions. Now! if they dont pay it effects them for pension and they pay full price at hospitals and chemists for prescriptions which are damn expensive here. So... The pay as you go basis is for x pats and my question is simple. Why dont we have the choice which has been mentioned above? If you are in uk and pay ni you are covered BUT many people also CHOOSE to have private insurance for whatever reason. If i break a leg tomorrow i would go to hospital get it sorted and pay my bill. Many people want it that way. Nobody i have met in Turkey want this new insurance because they dont even know what they get from it. How sad is that. What i think Colin is saying is when your on the ground and it effects you its terrible and worrying at the same time. We should have a choice and not forced to take something we may never get any benefit out of. its mad. The pay as you go basis is nothing to do with the Turkish National health Service....its private. Private Health Service.

crazybird · « **Reply #131 on:** January 23, 2012, 17:32:04 PM »

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Originally posted by hubblebubble

swimmer67 the finalised law is 5510 - available in English, covers all aspects of the Social insurance and UHI including that for foreigners, also level of fines etc - feel free to look it up.

where can I look this up? only version I can find is well out of date.

Chinook · « **Reply #132 on:** January 23, 2012, 17:55:22 PM »

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40 years my husband paid UK stamps 37 years myself, and if the Brits in Whitehall think they can throw us to the wolves then they picked on the wrong girl

National Insurance stamps have nothing to do with the National Health Service which is free at the point of source for those that qualify ie reside in UK and not absent for long periods so on what basis have you been thrown to the wolves?

LeeGlo · « **Reply #133 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:12:25 PM »

Here you go Crazybird, somebody kindly posted this on another forum, be warned it's 94 pages long if downloaded and saved as a PDF file.

http://www.sgk.gov.tr/wps/wcm/connect/1513fcb9-6954-42f1-9711-1708b08ff3a0/SOCIAL_INSURANCE_AND_UNIVERSAL_HEALTH_INSURNCE_LAW.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

BM06 · « **Reply #134 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:23:17 PM »

Chinook,The NHS is not free its paid for by the public in NI contributions, tax, VAT etc, no government has any money they spend OUR money how they see fit, even the non working public in the UK contribute in some way through indirect taxation. VAT.

tinkerman · « **Reply #135 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:26:35 PM »

this statement has been posted on Facebook by Loz...

From Kym Ciftci regarding the Health insurance in Turkey Please read and pass on. For all of you in Didim - Here is latest post on the subject from the Embassy Warden here:

After a conversation tonight with the Consulate General in Izmir he has confirmed that the Ministry of Health has advised that they will be issuing a letter to all Resident Permit holders. The policy will then have to be tak...en out within one month of receiving the registered letter. As it stands William from the Embassy will not be coming to Didim this week as the British Embassy are trying to make arrangements to meet with the Ministry of Health to discuss. Once further details are known I will let you know and William will then be able to come to Didim with the correct information. For those that are only travelling to Turkey on a residents permit but for a few weeks at a time then they can take a letter from there family NHS doctor to say that they are still registered with a docor in the Uk take this to the SGK office and they will therefore be exempt. Any questions please let me know.

Rindaloo · « **Reply #136 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:26:35 PM »

In reply to just a couple of things Hoops Man has said. We (me and my husband) have had this health insurance for a year and when it works its great. It gives peace of mind too. And the reason people are "running to register for something they have no idea is about" is the 886TL fine they could be clobbered with if they don't toe the line. Yes, things might change in the next few days and there turns out to be a delay or something, but would you ignore the threat of the fine and do nothing?

PS, there you go, Tinx's post (That I hadn't spotted $:-\$ ) means there will be an inevitable delay while people wait for the letters.

Highlander · « **Reply #137 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:27:10 PM »

BM06 - Chinook didn't say the NHS was free. He/she said it was free at the point of source for those that qualify

BM06 · « **Reply #138 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:40:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Highlander

BM06 - Chinook didn't say the NHS was free. He/she said it was free at the point of source for those that qualify

Exactly H those that qualify at the point of source have paid for it in some way ;)I am sure he said it was free though

Chinook · « **Reply #139 on:** January 23, 2012, 18:46:16 PM »

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Chinook,The NHS is not free its paid for by the public in NI contributions

Thanks Highlander; its he by the way. All I was trying to do was to dispel this myth that many people believe that they are entitled to treatment specifically because they paid NI contributions during their working life when nothing is further from the truth.If you paid nothing in NI contributions taxes etc you would be still entitled to free treatment if you qualify, essentially through residence in the UK.

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