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Healthcare in France
Health Cover for Early Retirees
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
French Local Health Authorities in the Firing Line
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
Lyon Healthiest Place to Live in France
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
A Strategy for Health Insurance Cover in France
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 Campaign Against French Health Law
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
French Government Examining Health Insurance Concessions
Whilst the French government continues to maintain a tough line on ending the general right of early retirees to the State health insurance system (CMU), potential exceptions to the rule are now being discussed, according to key sources with whom we have spoken in the last few days.
01 Oct 2007
French Plastic Surgeons in the Firing Line
The French health authorities are investigating tens of thousands of cosmetic plastic surgery operations, fraudulently charged to the public health service.
14 Sep 2007
Too Early to Panic on New Health Insurance Rules in France
Confusion continues to reign over the right of expats to access the State health insurance system, although some things are becoming clearer.
14 Sep 2007
Rule Changes in France on Health Cover for Early French Retirees
The right of access to the State health insurance system is being removed for 'non-active' expats under retirement age, although, contrary to some recent press reports, it is by no means clear this new rule applies to those already settled in France.
03 Sep 2007
French Patients to Face Increased Health Charges
The government is proposing to introduce new charges for patients, as it looks to make savings of €1 billion in health costs.
04 Jul 2007
French Doctors Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking
Seven French doctors, a chemist, and around twenty patients, have been found guilty in a Marseilles court of trafficking medical drugs between France and South East Asia.
04 Jul 2007
French Suicides Outstrip Road Deaths
French television screens regularly broadcast horrifying stories about the carnage on the roads in France, but a report published last month highlighted the equally devastating figures on suicides in the country.
16 Apr 2007
Huge Health Prescription Fraud in France Uncovered
A major scandal has emerged in France concerning the trafficking of prescription drugs, in which dozens of doctors appear to be implicated.
19 Dec 2006
New Controls on Prescription Medicines
With the costs of the health service continuing to spiral, the French government has been removing from the list of prescribed medicines those they do not consider offer good value. In the main, they are ‘branded’ drugs, which are considered expensive to the public purse, often of dubious medical value, and where there exists a cheaper generic alternative.
01 Dec 2006
French Health Insurer Breaks Ranks
One of the largest French private health insurance companies has decided to offer a 'no claims bonus' for one of its policies, which risks increasing premiums for everyone else.
15 Nov 2006
