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DEAR FRIEND,
WELCOME TO THE HIDDEN PAGE
UPDATE: WE DID IT!!!
we collected 2k, and with your donations
I was able to pay the hospital costs!
love, k
xx
p.s. coasters are on the way!
This was a crowdfunding project made to support my
most expensive holiday in life:
5 x days in a hospital
without health insurance*.
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TOTAL: 5.099,- EUR
via Revolut ():
︎ revolut.me/kristinatica ︎
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! ︎
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coasters are on the way!
just write me an inquiry email with your shipping address
and reserve your copy
[or meet me around]
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EXPLAINER:
*the rise and fall of my health insurance:
I have lived in Austria for almost 4 years now, where I finished my second Master studies in March 2023, and worked in cultural production and institutions such as Ars Electronica, Landes-Kultur OÖ, being an active member of the cultural scene in the region and living here as a legitimate registered resident.
In all those years, from October 2020, until November 2023, I have had my insurance via OeGK sorted and paid.
However, after my last working contract was ended in November 2023, I could not continue to support my self-insurance which would cost 400 EUR per month.
This sum was unaffordable for me, having in mind other living expenses I have on monthly basis.
AMS could not give me the unemployed status because I worked 251 days in Austria, and 365 days of employment in total is required to achieve this status.
It was not easy to make 251 days of registered working as a student and a non-EU resident with a studying permit (arbeit nur mit AMS dokument), but it ain’t enough to be part of the system.
As a non-EU citizen, I have difficulties finding jobs, since my employment requires additional documentation and fees, so since my last work, my efforts to find a new job did not work out.
In all those years, from October 2020, until November 2023, I have had my insurance via OeGK sorted and paid.
However, after my last working contract was ended in November 2023, I could not continue to support my self-insurance which would cost 400 EUR per month.
This sum was unaffordable for me, having in mind other living expenses I have on monthly basis.
AMS could not give me the unemployed status because I worked 251 days in Austria, and 365 days of employment in total is required to achieve this status.
It was not easy to make 251 days of registered working as a student and a non-EU resident with a studying permit (arbeit nur mit AMS dokument), but it ain’t enough to be part of the system.
As a non-EU citizen, I have difficulties finding jobs, since my employment requires additional documentation and fees, so since my last work, my efforts to find a new job did not work out.
In March this year, I had another (unrelated to the current diagnosis) medical condition that I was treating in Serbia, which also contributed to the lack of work opportunities this year.
My health insurance in Serbia has also expired (May 2024) and I cannot get a new one now since I am not there neither physically, nor in the unemployment system, since I have a residence registered in Austria. I neither can retrieve a document that presents my previous insurance data.
OeGK refuses to renew my self-insurance, as I was not insured in their administration for more than 6 months, and I cannot prove any other insurance.
This is how I got bureaucratically disabled to be entitled to an insurance.
This July, I had a life-threathening emergency where I had to be taken to the hospital, where I was diagnosed with pancreatitis.
The treatment and recovery was successful, but the hospital demanded that I stay for a total of 5 days regardless of my no-insurance status.
I have received a medical bill of 5.099,- EUR that I must cover on my own. And here we are, at the beginning of this story.
My health insurance in Serbia has also expired (May 2024) and I cannot get a new one now since I am not there neither physically, nor in the unemployment system, since I have a residence registered in Austria. I neither can retrieve a document that presents my previous insurance data.
OeGK refuses to renew my self-insurance, as I was not insured in their administration for more than 6 months, and I cannot prove any other insurance.
This is how I got bureaucratically disabled to be entitled to an insurance.
This July, I had a life-threathening emergency where I had to be taken to the hospital, where I was diagnosed with pancreatitis.
The treatment and recovery was successful, but the hospital demanded that I stay for a total of 5 days regardless of my no-insurance status.
I have received a medical bill of 5.099,- EUR that I must cover on my own. And here we are, at the beginning of this story.
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