Seven professional associations, representing the cream of France’s medical consultants, have been found guilty of organising illegal consultation charges, at an estimated cost of €180 million to patients.
15 May 2008
With imminent changes to the availability of non-prescription drugs in France, and with pressure from the European Union to open up the profession, the future of rural chemists looks uncertain.
15 Apr 2008
French patients are going to have to pay more for health care services, as the French Government seeks to stem the rise in the health budget deficit.
01 Apr 2008
The wheels of bureaucracy move in a very ‘Gradgrind’ manner in France, as local health authorities await news from the Ministry of Health as to who is, and who is not, now eligible to receive health cover in France.
15 Feb 2008
The French Government have conceded that all EU expats legally resident in France as at 23rd November 2007, will be able to join the French health system.
01 Feb 2008
With the French Government circular on health cover now published, what are the circumstances in which early retirees can join the French national health system?
15 Jan 2008
With the publication last week of the new health circular, many of those currently in France on an E106 and likely to be excluded from access to the State health insurance system, are considering what steps to now take.
18 Dec 2007
The City of Lyon is the healthiest place to live in France, whilst Le Havre has the worst health record, according to an annual survey of health statistics carried out by the French medical journal, Impact Médecine.
04 Dec 2007
With early retirees to France now expected to take out private health insurance, the use of self-employment as a temporary 'holding' strategy to get French health insurance, is not such a madcap idea.
04 Dec 2007
Expats in France have formed a campaign group to lead the fight against new immigration and health laws, which deny early retirees access to the French health insurance system.
01 Nov 2007
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