Okay...So its kinda true. I'm not really all there. "Ik spoor Niet" is kind of a joke statement meaning "I'm not all there (in my head)." However as much as this may be true...
So in light of the words in this statement I wanted to teach you a trick for spelling dutch words. When I was writing "niet" I almost switched the i and the e...which isn't hard to do when writing dutch words. So many of them have the "ij" "ei" or "ie" it can get confusing. Bryan taught me a very useful trick for spelling though. When saying the word, you will hear the last letter as the dominate E or I sound. Ni"E"t the 'E' is the more predominate sound so its the last letter, sounds a bit like "Knee-t". Any long "i" sound like the word for rice - Rijst (sounds like RIIIst) is going to have the "ij". Now for an example of an "ei" word.... Egg is a perfect example for this one. The Dutch word is ei, making it sound like the English word eye (ogen in dutch). When you make eggs plural however its eieren, which throws the extra "eh" into it, "eye -eh-rah."
Back to my search for Health Care.
Today I did some more exploring on the website http://www.expat-blog.com/ that I mentioned before. I found it to have SO MUCH information. There are also people from all over the world that are registered with the site, and now...so am I.
Upon registering I was presented with a warm welcome and a number of things I can do on the website. They advertise the Health Provider Aetna so, I clicked the link and was presented with an easy form to fill out, a way to request a phone call from the company and a 4 different quick quotes.
Because I only think I need what the first two offer, I'm only going to go over those.
Aetna
http://www.aetna.com/
Major Medical Plan
-In-patient and day patient
- Follow up treatment
- Evac
Annual - 958. Euro
Monthly - 84.93 Euro
This plan looks great, but what does it not cover? What could happen that I may need? Dental? Vision?
Foundation Plan
Includes other things like refund for emergency dental, MRI & CT, Pregnancy Complications, Ect.
Annual - 1473. Euros
Monthly - 130.59 Euros
Still not too bad, and it includes other things that might be needed.
Finally, today I filled out an application with ACS which will be calling me. This was a quote service provided by http://www.expat-blog.com/. The health insurance link is on the first page and easy to find. I have a feeling this is a kind of generator that goes through a number of different places to find the best deals. I'm still not sure what I definitely need, especially since insurance is about protecting yourself for the unforeseen!
Hope this is helpful!
So in light of the words in this statement I wanted to teach you a trick for spelling dutch words. When I was writing "niet" I almost switched the i and the e...which isn't hard to do when writing dutch words. So many of them have the "ij" "ei" or "ie" it can get confusing. Bryan taught me a very useful trick for spelling though. When saying the word, you will hear the last letter as the dominate E or I sound. Ni"E"t the 'E' is the more predominate sound so its the last letter, sounds a bit like "Knee-t". Any long "i" sound like the word for rice - Rijst (sounds like RIIIst) is going to have the "ij". Now for an example of an "ei" word.... Egg is a perfect example for this one. The Dutch word is ei, making it sound like the English word eye (ogen in dutch). When you make eggs plural however its eieren, which throws the extra "eh" into it, "eye -eh-rah."
Back to my search for Health Care.
Today I did some more exploring on the website http://www.expat-blog.com/ that I mentioned before. I found it to have SO MUCH information. There are also people from all over the world that are registered with the site, and now...so am I.
Upon registering I was presented with a warm welcome and a number of things I can do on the website. They advertise the Health Provider Aetna so, I clicked the link and was presented with an easy form to fill out, a way to request a phone call from the company and a 4 different quick quotes.
Because I only think I need what the first two offer, I'm only going to go over those.
Aetna
http://www.aetna.com/
Major Medical Plan
-In-patient and day patient
- Follow up treatment
- Evac
Annual - 958. Euro
Monthly - 84.93 Euro
This plan looks great, but what does it not cover? What could happen that I may need? Dental? Vision?
Foundation Plan
Includes other things like refund for emergency dental, MRI & CT, Pregnancy Complications, Ect.
Annual - 1473. Euros
Monthly - 130.59 Euros
Still not too bad, and it includes other things that might be needed.
Finally, today I filled out an application with ACS which will be calling me. This was a quote service provided by http://www.expat-blog.com/. The health insurance link is on the first page and easy to find. I have a feeling this is a kind of generator that goes through a number of different places to find the best deals. I'm still not sure what I definitely need, especially since insurance is about protecting yourself for the unforeseen!
Hope this is helpful!
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