AFPOP
May 23rd 2013 | 4:33 am
#16
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 542
From: Vila do Bispo
Re: AFPOP
Just a thought.. you never meant that as if to say I am asking this to benifit myself?
Just in case you did, I don't live anywhere near the Algarve and during the several years I have used this site, never once tried to advertise or get a customer through here! I have helped someone out with problems they had, no charge... just cause thats the kind of guy I am
Just in case you did, I don't live anywhere near the Algarve and during the several years I have used this site, never once tried to advertise or get a customer through here! I have helped someone out with problems they had, no charge... just cause thats the kind of guy I am
I think that mainly you get additional benefits with your insurance above and beyond the "normal" policy. Although my insurance has been cheaper than a quote to a friend who does not have membership so who knows.
The free hospital card that gives me 15% of consultations and scans etc has been very useful.
May 23rd 2013 | 5:14 am
#17
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,088
From: Amarante
Re: AFPOP
No just wondered as you seem to be very knowledgeable and use a lot of terminology.
I think that mainly you get additional benefits with your insurance above and beyond the "normal" policy. Although my insurance has been cheaper than a quote to a friend who does not have membership so who knows.
The free hospital card that gives me 15% of consultations and scans etc has been very useful.
I think that mainly you get additional benefits with your insurance above and beyond the "normal" policy. Although my insurance has been cheaper than a quote to a friend who does not have membership so who knows.
The free hospital card that gives me 15% of consultations and scans etc has been very useful.
40€ I guess is half the 80 I thought it was... 3€ a month, musn't grumble
May 28th 2013 | 6:05 am
#18
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 291
From: Costa de Caparica: 2007-2010. Then Olivais, Lisboa: 2010-2017. Currently back in Cambridge, UK.
Re: AFPOP
46€ a year is the renewal fee and yes I believe that the information they supply is worth it. Much of the info on the internet is absolute rubbish including a lot of postings on forums. An example is a post that say you just have to drive your car to Spain, buy petrol and come back to Portugal to keep it here for six more months!
But go ahead - pay membership fees in the knowledge that the information you get there must be pure gold.
May 29th 2013 | 3:11 am
#19
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 749
From: Tavira
Re: AFPOP
Ask Medal for a quote for health insurance then ask Allianz, I think you'll find it's worth €40.
May 31st 2013 | 11:08 pm
#20
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 661
From: Tavira
Re: AFPOP
I have been a member for 5 years and it certainly saves you money, we had private medical with Medis and it was €1700 for two and €15 to see a doctor, changed to Alliance through AFPOP and now pay for basically the same cover €968 for two and €10 to see a doctor, also saved between €60 and €80 on car and house ins with the same company that I was with. They organise seminars through out the year on anything from tax to meetings with GNR/PSP and even dying in Portugal and regular free medical checkups on various illnesses at private hospitals, the problem in Portugal is that the goverment change their policys so often and that there is so much disinformation going about it good to know you can phone or email them to find out what is actually happening.
May 31st 2013 | 11:18 pm
#21
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 542
From: Vila do Bispo
Re: AFPOP
I have been a member for 5 years and it certainly saves you money, we had private medical with Medis and it was €1700 for two and €15 to see a doctor, changed to Alliance through AFPOP and now pay for basically the same cover €968 for two and €10 to see a doctor, also saved between €60 and €80 on car and house ins with the same company that I was with. They organise seminars through out the year on anything from tax to meetings with GNR/PSP and even dying in Portugal and regular free medical checkups on various illnesses at private hospitals, the problem in Portugal is that the goverment change their policys so often and that there is so much disinformation going about it good to know you can phone or email them to find out what is actually happening.
