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Dismay at death charges from French banks
A reader writes of his shock at high costs following a bereavement
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Interview: health fee for Americans on 'visitor' visas is ‘only fair’, says French politician behind plan
We talk to the man who made proposal to introduce new minimum health charge for foreign non-workers who come on long-stay visas, François Gernigon
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WA card renewals: Prefecture asked for four years of tax returns
Connexion reader had expected the process to be straightforward
NHS amusement
I have lived in France for 12 years and am amused to see how people miss the UK health service.
While I was living in the UK, l had back pain for four months, then was sent back and forth between a doctor and physio, then offered blanket paracetamol.The only way to cure it was to go privately for two spinal injections at a cost of £2,500 each.
I am sorry to admit that the health service in France is far superior to the UK as my wife worked in the NHS as a trained nurse all her life.
Brian Edwards
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