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Vive le roi! All France needs for Christmas is its monarchy back
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Watch out for unregulated therapists in France
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French bank made me wish I had put savings under the mattress
Current account charges meant reader was losing money despite interest
Healthcare worries
An expat wonders about nationality and healthcare
I have been advised that if I were to obtain French nationality, that the UK government would then no longer reimburse the French government for my health cover via the carte vitale.
In that case I would have to pay 8% of my income to cover this. If this is so, the many expats here in France who are applying for nationality as a buffer against Brexit need to be informed of the risk.
A. Sims, Morbihan
An expert from social security advisors Cleiss said, assuming you are a retiree with an S1, rights via the S1 would continue and would not be replaced by residence-based ones involving a Puma payment.
