Recommendations for Private health insurance - URGENT

Will60 wrote on Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:18pm:

We use DKV. My wife has been very ill and they have looked after us very well.

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The website works in English.

You need to tell them you want to gain Residency, as this determines the product you need (you cannot gain Residency with a copay product). 

The costs are on a par with other providers. 

Will60 wrote on Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:18pm:

We use DKV. My wife has been very ill and they have looked after us very well.

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...WM2twU0_vJ1IJUxWXxB1vly3fRhoCkjcQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dkvseguros.com/seguros-medicos-particulares/seguros-cuadro-medico/dkv-integral?perso=swat&ori=branding&utm_campaign={DKV_002%20UND%20CA_brandund_marcacontrolexactswat2020_39743_2020-06-01_2020-12-31_SEM_PERF__}&gclid=CjwKCAiAtK79BRAIEiwA4OskBs8UZYiZtEY4jxcLUx8LRrgDhWgWM2twU0_vJ1IJUxWXxB1vly3fRhoCkjcQAvD_BwE

The website works in English.

You need to tell them you want to gain Residency, as this determines the product you need (you cannot gain Residency with a copay product). 

The costs are on a par with other providers. 

Anne2019 wrote on Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:27pm:

Just checked out their site.  Only concern is the access to only 8 medical/surgical centres/hospitals and none of them are local.  They mention Barcelona; Madrid, Navvar etc.   We have no plans to fall ill, obviously, but with this cover it looks like you'd end up 100s of kilo...

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...meters away from home.   Do you know if they do cover over hospitals nearer our area?

Will60 wrote on Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:09pm:

My wife has been treated (oncology, chemotherapy and surgery) at the Quiron Hospital in Murcia City

She had radiotherapy at Genisis Healthcare in Murcia City

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She has had tests in San Pedro (blood test), Torrevieja (Quiron and IMED, scans, blood tests, nuclear medicine scans), Murcia City (many tests at various clinics, and nuclear medicine scans at Hospital La Vega), and Elche (IMED Hospital, biopsy).

So treatment isn't far away from you in LA.

But you should speak to DKV (or anyone else you are considering) and ask them if the private GPs near your home are affiliated. This is probably the most important point, as (if you use Private Health Insurance), your private GP is the entry point to the system. 

Hope this helps. 

PM me if you meed anything more.

Edit ... I have also taken my wife to the Casualty Dept at the Murcia Quiron twice. On each occasion she was seen/patched up within 20 minutes. 

I think (I'm not sure) that if needed, you can call an ambulance, turn up at any Casualty Dept (in normal circumstances - Covid excepted), get patched up, and present your DKV card to handle the bill. But I'm in no hurry to test that ...

Anne2019 wrote on Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:15pm:

Thank you, again, Will.

Just waiting for hubby to get back from shoppinng trip to Murcia.   Then we can deal with this and hopefully set up a policy.

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Gracias,

Annie.

Anne2019 wrote on Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:17pm:

Can I also add that I sincerely hope that you're wife is making a full recovery.

And gets into remission quickly.

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My very best wishes to both of you.

Annie.

Anne2019 wrote on Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:03pm:

Our EHIC cards have run out  :-O 

We urgently need to get private medical insurance.

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We're waiting for our residencias (taking longer than thought - no surprise there!) as we've been told we cannot registered with our local doctor, even tho we have our S1s, until we do have residence.

Can anyone recommend a company for Health Insurance please.    We want to apply immediately.

Only time in 40yrs we didn't have house insurance (confusion of moving) we got burgled!!!  So I am panicking.

Thanks.

tonywallbank wrote on Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:25pm:

You can renew your EHIC cards till your residencia is registered just done it as been told will be next year before formalities completed. Obviously you need a UK address and someone to forward cards to you