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  1. Has anyone heard of or had experience with the "Legislation Letter" the Overseas Health Care Team in Newcastle have mentioned to me which can be presented to CPAM in lieu of the S1 form?
  2. Thanks for the connexionfrance details,Pickles. The info there matches up to the reply I had from the DoH. They know about the changes but are still issuing S1's until they receive official notice to do so. Their suggestion was to keep phoning them regularly in case things do change. Very much a case of "watch this space" .
  3. Wish it was an April fool's scam but Newcastle DWP know about it as well, although they admit themselves they are in the dark and still awaiting official confirmation to implement it. The Overseas Healthcare Team there were very helpful (as much as they could be!!) ( Tel. 0191-218-1999) and could only suggest to keep ringing them until they fully know what's happening.
  4. Go to French-Property.com website re "early retirees health insurance France". They quote "The UK Government has stated it is proposing to withdraw S1 entitlement for early retirees from 1st April 2014, although no final decision has yet been made." In our case that would have given us enough basic cover until I reach retirement age (just under three years) and would then receive the UK retirement pension and both myself and my wife would be covered under the French Health Scheme from then on.
  5. After 5 years of searching for a property in Brittany we finally find one and are about to make an offer. Now we find out that the goalposts are being moved re Health Insurance cover for early retirees to France as from yesterday. Thinking we've overlooked a very important aspect of the move, very few people in the business seem to know about it including immobiliers, several well established websites concerned with "French Life" in all its aspects etc.... Even the DWP in Newcastle admit they're as much in the dark as anyone else and the supposed changes have not been authorised within the Department as yet. No doubt they will come about which will mean "bye-bye" to the dream. Can anyone out there really afford £6000 a year plus for private health cover apart from the top up? Any info gratefully received.
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