Q&A - 2019 Healthcare helpguide

The list of your questions answered in our helpguide

Published Wednesday 15 May 2019 - 17:09 Modified Wednesday 15 May 2019 - 17:09

Thank you to the many readers who sent in questions for this year’s Healthcare helpguide.

A final selection has been made and below are the questions which have been answered in the guide.

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Questions and answers:

My French Cpam is incompetent and inefficient – who can help?

Health rights on closing a firm in France

Can I defer my pensions and have S1 in France?

Travel healthcare for non-EU residents in France

French Gym asked for a medical certificate – is that usual?

Is hospital transport reimbursable in France?

Does France reimburse the anti-HIV pill PrEP?

Is arthritis treatment 100% reimbursed in France?

Obtaining EHIC repayment from Cpam in France

Will nationality change cost me?

Help with spinal injuries in France

How long is a prescription for medicine valid for in France?

Why can I not cancel French health policy with a month’s notice?

Are you always penalised for not seeing your own GP in France?

Tooth filling had to be redone – should I pay?

What you need to pack for a French hospital stay

Can I change the way I access my Carte Vitale?

What is SOS Médecins and who can make use of it?

Effect of Brexit on healthcare in France

Reimbursement for visitor in France from the UK

Is there a cap on extra charges for healthcare in France?

Can a mutuelle refuse cover for age reasons?

Do Britons in France need a ‘top-up’ mutuelle policy?

My husband has died, am I entitled to healthcare in France?

Coming to France as a jobseeker

How can we save on top-up medical insurance in France?

Effect of Brexit on second home owners in France

Can my wife become a dependent on my S1 form

What restrictions are there on who may give blood in France?

Are contact lenses reimbursed in France?

Cancer: the ‘right for it to be forgotten’

Can self-employed choose their health caisse?

The French ‘power of attorney’: What are the options?

Using an EHIC in France

Making a ‘living will’ in France

French private health screening

Will benefits be cut at 65?

Law on ‘sedated dying’

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Be aware of the rules when driving from France to Italy, Germany or Spain

Failing to follow country-specific rules can incur fines

Graph: See France’s historic debt levels

France’s debt to GDP ratio is third-highest in Europe

Video: French police play ‘Titanic’ theme while driving through flooded street in Paris

Fun reaction to storm attracts millions of viewers on social media

Tips on how to stay cool in France’s heatwave

With temperatures in France approaching 40C, we look at advice on how to stop yourself from overheating

Ski resort in French Alps to close due to lack of snow and funding cuts

Local officials have announced the closure of the Alpe du Grand Serre station in Isère, halting plans to keep it open year-round

Good news for Occitanie residents as ‘in demand’ flight route to run all year

Domestic flight will connect Perpignan and Lille twice per week

French weekend weather forecast June 28 - 29: ‘historic’ heatwave begins in south

Temperatures close to 40C are expected as 13 departments set for heightened heatwave alerts on Saturday

Radio France strike begins: TV network affected from next week

Workers are protesting at plans to combine the two entities and other cost-cutting measures

French Brexit card renewals approach: how will they work?

An estimated 42,000 Britons with five year-cards soon need to upgrade to the 10-year version

Comment: Cheap dining is hurting French restaurants

Eating habits are changing as people's disposable income decreases

Renewing residency cards proves slow process for many in France

Connexion readers frustrated by the long, drawn-out process, as complaints rise

Summer fruit: warm weather boosts apricot and blackcurrant production in France

Good weather conditions mean some fruits have ripened early

Rennes becomes first city in France to limit size of swimming pools

Pools will be limited to 25m3 in size, 15m3 smaller than the average size in France

MEPs vote to adapt hand luggage rules: flights to and from France affected

Travellers should have right to personal bag as well as one piece of carry-on luggage weighing up to 7kg

Surge in private swimming pool ‘squats’ in France

Warnings in place as owners can be held responsible for any injuries to pool squatters

Survey asks Britons in France to share post-Brexit experiences

Online poll - which is open until July 11 - looks at their residency status and associated rights five years after transition period

Hiker airlifted to hospital after being attacked by cow in Pyrénées

Man was gored by cow’s horn and taken to hospital in Spain

First legal battles over 2021 French inheritance rules begin

Hundreds of readers - especially Britons and Americans - report stress over effects of the law, which many experts say clashes with EU rules

Recipe: grilled wild garlic mussels

A rich, tasty way to serve mussels, this offers a great contrast of textures between the crunchy crumb crust and the juicy mussel flesh below

Protesting taxi drivers threaten to block Paris airports

Strike action poised to continue as drivers and government fail to find solution over hospital transport fees

IRS will no longer accept or issue paper checks: Americans in France affected

Tax payments and refunds must now be made digitally

French state partially responsible for jogger’s death from green algae on Brittany beach

Green algae can be toxic and has also been linked to the deaths of several animals near to the beach

Takata airbags: 800,000 more vehicles in France affected by ‘stop drive’ alert

You can check if and how your vehicle is affected on a dedicated government website

Construction of a Nice-Monaco metro link ‘difficult’ says French Transport Minister

Several smaller solutions are preferred to one major project