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Private Healthcare recommendations

Posted: Fri Apr 9, 2021 12:00am
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Leavesley

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Hello 

Does anyone have any recommendations for private healthcare companies? 

I know after a year we can apply for the Spanish healthcare system but still looking for something for year 1 


thanks in advsnce


Kelvin1960

Posted: Fri Apr 9, 2021 12:07am

Kelvin1960

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Posted: Fri Apr 9, 2021 12:07am

We are in Campoverde. You should bear in mind ....

It isn't just about cost. Don't just choose the cheapest policy. When you gain Residency/Visa/TIE, your PHI will, at least for a while, become your only source of healthcare. So accessibility and quality are the important factors.

My wife and I have our health insurance with DKV. My wife became seriously ill in 2019, and they have been absolutely fantastic. 

BUT we have had to travel to obtain treatment and tests, mostly to the Quiron Hospital in Murcia. We have also used (I think) 8 or 9 other medical facilities in Murcia, Elche and Torrevieja. 

This seems to be quite normal. We have met numerous other people "doing the rounds" - each having different insurers.

Into the detail .... insurers may quote the various clinics and hospitals that they use, but in reality, they pick and choose exactly what services they contract for at which hospital. So if your insurer's brochure says that they use (say) Quiron or IMED hospitals/clinics, the city you have to go to depends on the medical service you need.   

We use a private GP on Calle Lirio in Campoverde (not the health centre) and she acts as the gateway into the DKV system - and she is very good at it. 

Our local GP works with DKV (which may be why our local insurance broker recommended DKV). So it seems that the most important thing is to have an insurer who works with your local GP.

We have a neighbour who uses a different insurer. Her nearest insurer-affiliated GP is 50 minutes away by car. 



MARIEL

Posted: Fri Apr 9, 2021 9:21am

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Location: Torrevieja

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Posted: Fri Apr 9, 2021 9:21am

Leavesley wrote on Fri Apr 9, 2021 12:00am:

Hello 

Does anyone have any recommendations for private healthcare companies? 

I know after a year we can apply for the Spanish healthcare system but still looking for something for year 1 


thanks in advsnce


Hello!

I send you a PM.

Regards!

cazz67

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:35am

Posts: 116

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Location: Los Dolses

Joined: 25 Nov 2016

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:35am

Hi, contact Caren at Jennifer Cunningham Insurances 

[email protected]

+34 960 500 116.

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