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sconner
Joined: 26 Jan 2006
Location: South Carolina
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 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:14 am Post subject: medical insurance |
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| Is the number on your ARC card the same as the one used for medical insurance? My boss hasn't given me my medical insurance card yet and says I can use my ARC card. Thanks for any info. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:14 am Post subject: Re: medical insurance |
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| sconner wrote: |
| Is the number on your ARC card the same as the one used for medical insurance? My boss hasn't given me my medical insurance card yet and says I can use my ARC card. Thanks for any info. |
It can be used but often a hakwon boss says that when he has not enrolled you and you just pay the full freight at the doctor and don't know any better.
A basic visit to a clinic with insurance is 3000 won.
Details of costs, co-pay percentages, etc can be found on the NHIC website.
http://www.nhic.or.kr/english/faq/sub03/eng_faq_insurance.html
and their main English page is here:
http://www.nhic.or.kr/english/main/main.html |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| Your ARC is not your health insurance card. Your boss should have gave you a little paper 'book' (it can fit in a guys wallet) to show that you have health insurance. |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| Pak Yu Man wrote: |
| Your ARC is not your health insurance card. Your boss should have gave you a little paper 'book' (it can fit in a guys wallet) to show that you have health insurance. |
If you DO have the NHIC booklet, you are covered, and do not need to carry it around. Your ARC will suffice at the doc's office, they'll have all your insurance info in their computer system.
But odds are you aren't enrolled if you haven't gotten the booklet. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Sconner,
Hi. As I understand it, you are at a new job and you've been back in Korea for less than 2 months. If you got your ARC right away and then your boss signed you up for insurance right away it still means a couple of weeks passed by. So, probably your boss signed you up for health insurance less than a month ago. Am I guessing right? So, it takes a little while for the National Insurance workers to process everything and send out the little booklet. You could very well be covered and if you are you can just use your ARC and the hospital, clinic or whatever can look you up to see if you're covered.
So, don't panic. It sounds OK. It sounds like you're covered. If not, you'll know soon. The insurance booklet should come within a few weeks, but sometimes it takes a month or two to get the first one.
Welcome back to Korea. I hope this job works out well for you. |
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sconner
Joined: 26 Jan 2006
Location: South Carolina
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| What's the number to call in the Busan area to find out if I'm enrolled? Any info would be appreciated. |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| What's the number to call in the Busan area to find out if I'm enrolled? Any info would be appreciated. |
The phone number is 1577-1000 from a land line. |
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