VZP - 1/3 success, 2/3 more work

I have passed the tests for VZP and I am now enrolled in the government health insurance as of March 1st. I went to VZP this morning to pay and complete the paperwork. Payment processing is very interesting here. It seems like someone else is always getting a cut of the money. When we pay our internet bil I have to go to the post office to pay the bill and the post office charges me 20Kc. I go to pay VZP and find out I have to take the money to the bank that VZP uses which is CSOB. The woman from VZP gives me a deposit slip and I go to the bank which is just around the corner from the VZP office. I pay the banker and she informs me that there is a 30Kc charge. I paid it of course with no comment but I couldn't help but laugh inside....they are charging me to deposit money into someone's account! Oh well, at least I have health insurance. The girls on the other hand have to have more tests before they will be approved for VZP. I managed to call the hospital and make the appointment for Ali with minimal difficulty. Making the appointment for Sofia was impossible. When I went back to VZP to pay them I asked the woman there if she would mind calling the hospital and figuring out how I get an appointment. Thank goodness I had her do it. She was on the phone for 10 minutes speaking rapid Czech. It turns out that I have to bring Sofia to a different hospital then the one we had been to since the one we had gone to does not have a pediatric cardiology department. (If I didn't mention it before she has an "innocent" heart murmur which most kids her age have at some point and generally means nothing but I guess they want to make sure it is nothing before they insure her.) At least we are still making progress even if it is stressful and frustrating at times.