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[quote user="AnOther"]How long is a piece of string, I don't know that too many here are actually on private insurance so I think your answer may have to come from obtaining quotes from French insurance companies. FWIW I have AXA PPP private health cover through my UK employment, as a corporate scheme it carries the option to continue the same cover after ceasing employment and out of interest I obtained a quotation (62 & 60 years old) and it came to out to about £1600/qtr. ! If you have fully comprehensive private health cover by definition you will have no need of a top up. [/quote] My mistake, should have explained better that we're trying to find out how much (if anything) we would have to pay to the State for Health care, once the 5 year qualifying period has expired and we are in the French system. Or if we were in the system now, not working and  thankfully fit and healthy, apart from Top up Health Insurance how much would we have to pay for 'stste' health cover. Cheers

Bit confused about some aspects of healthcare in France, so need someone to point the way. Assuming that we are in our mid fifties and have taken early retirement. We get government pensions to the value of £30,000 and have savings of £50,000. Because we are both fit and well we can get private health insurance until we are eligble to apply for Health Care in France. Now we can get information about Top-up health insurance, but what else do we have to pay for health cover. and at todays figures approx how much would that be. We will not be looking for to do any work. Cheers.