Healthcare advice please. - Page 2

If you look on FB there are WASPI groups that are keeping members updated. I wouldn’t hold your breathe though as I and others can’t see it making any difference, although I have put my letter in of complaint to DWP etc as advised by WASPI.

Waited 5 1/2 years for mine which I am meant to get next month, although they are not quick at telling me how much as that is another matter with paying married women’s reduced stamp for years.

You only need this for a year to get your residencia then for around 60€ a month you can join the spanish health system ... Look at CAB Spain and zearch Convenio Especial   .. Of course yhings may change after Brexit!

Hi Trish, I was born May 1950, 1 month after cut off and thankfully only waited 6 extra months. But you have mentioned the married womans stamp and I did that too. When women got married in the sixties(married Nov 1969) it was a standard thing to change to the lower stamp, in fact my HR dept at work virtually pushed me into it with very little information, only stating I wouldnt get sick pay or dole(I was salaried with Co.sick pay and never expected to be on the dole ever! So I agreed to it. I think this situation was and is a bigger traversty than the increased pension age. No one told me ever I would get a pittance in pension. On my own stamps which I worked to 63yrs with only a 4 year children break, I got "awarded" £22 wk in my own name which was increased to £66 based on hubby's stamps(full entitlement) and now get £78.89p wk with pathetic inflation rises over 9yrs. I would expect your pension to be in this ballpark, could slightly increase with Serps etc, but thankfully I bought into my Co,s pension although the Co. went bankrupt and I lost my last 10yrs. I feel abused and I know thousands of women changed to lower stamp on marriage without enough information to make that decision yet I dont understand why that has not been addressed by bringing a similar court case. I believe the government realised they were doing wrong, hence abolishing it 2mnths after I married. I only ever received 1 letter from Dwp telling me I could go back to full stamp after they abolished it in 1970. I also believe many in same situation who didnt take out extra security for retirement now qualify for pension credit and all the benefits that come with it(housing benefit, free dental, council tax discounts etc) are so much better off than the responsible people like myself who took Co. or private pensions and saved for their retirement whose income now is above the minimum requirements for the pension credit and therefore lose out heavily for being more responsible.

Sorry but I,m agrieved by it all, but maybe you will fare better.If I were aware my pension would be less than half a full pension at the time I would never have reduced my stamp especially as it didnt even seem to be a huge saving.

Regards

Pauline.

I e had a quote for just over 100 euros a month I’m 59 female and no excess I think maybe this is a good deal 

Hi Linda 19

That sounds very reasonable, may I enquire who it was with ?

Kind Regards 

Susan 

DKV

It was DKV hope this helps

Hi Linda19

It’s extremely helpful, thank-you so much. I appreciate your time.

Apologies I thought I had replied, I must have hit the wrong button. 😂

Kind Regards 

Su