suein56
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Loiseau wrote : Do them all good to have a shake-up, I reckon.To be honest I can only agree .. but, you are right, after disappointing stays in some more northern examples - which really did seem to date from the 50s .. we mostly gave them a wide berth unless absolutely necessary. So mint might have a point about other establishments elsewhere being much more satisfactory ..
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Hopefully this will lead to improvements in many of their establishments .. as the cocotte did not always mean a decent meal and the cheminée didn't always mean a warm welcome.I'm sure you will keep us informed as to progress Loiseau ?
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pomme wrote : You should really install a quad output LNB and run two new cables from it to your additional boxes.Can only agree .. splitting the signal is a real no no .. perhaps not as important where you are Wooly as it is for anyone further south than you.Separate LNBs and extra, good quality, cabling is the way to go.
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Blodwyn wrote : Thanks for the reply! Yes, retired and over 70. I mostly manage on pension but need to access savings some months and have money available for any big expenses.I don't mind having some money locked away if it beats inflation and I agree the penalties in the early years are scary. I guess it's hard to make a long term decision.Do you live in France ? But you are thinking of a UK based investment ?
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Norman wrote : You may have missed"While I am happy to accept generics if they work equally well, one thing that can make a difference is the carrier part of the medicine (the 'packaging' part that makes it into a tablet for example) The active molecule may be the same but the substance that it is bound into may not and some people may react differently to that." Generics may differ in some characteristics such as the manufacturing process, formulation, excipients, color, taste, and packaging."No I didn't miss your post Norman .. which I was most grateful for.It is the 'carrier' bit which worries me the most .. Some carriers can cause digestion problems .. and as I already have some of those problems I am v cautious about the possibility of the generic being unhelpful.But as my medication comes in a box with 3 months supply I have time to make further enquiries .. forewarned is forearmed as is said.
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[quote user="nomoss"][quote user="suein56"] ...............................The only way round it is to pay for the non-generic medicine .. with no reimbursement from either the state or your mutuelle.Cracking the whip indeed.[/quote]From the link I originally posted:
- Si un vous refusez le médicament générique sans présenter d'ordonnance comportant une mention « non substituable » ou si cette mention n'est pas conforme, le pharmacien délivrera le médicament princeps mais vous paierez la totalité, sans bénéfice du tiers-payant. Vous devrez alors envoyer la feuille de soins papier à votre caisse d'assurance maladie qui le remboursera sur une base limitée à celle du médicament générique le plus cher du groupe générique correspondant. Si le prix du médicament princeps délivré est supérieur au prix du médicament générique, vous supporterez un reste à charge correspondant au différentiel de prix.
Cette mesure ne s'applique pas aux médicaments sous tarif forfaitaire de responsabilité (TFR).
[/quote]Well I am delighted to read that nomoss .. as the harridan only mentioned no reimbursement .. perhaps she added 'tiers payant', if so then I didn't catch it. On the piece of paper on the counter It certainly didn't have the bit about being able to reclaim a partial refund via sending in a feuille de soins.So, you are right to insist that we all read the original script.So, as i said previously, I will try the generic in 3 months time and, if it doesn't suit me, then I will appeal to my MT .. but if that fails then I shall not be averse to paying extra for my present medication as the overall cost, with a partial reimbursement, will amount to approx 50€ a year.Perhaps this has come about at this time for me as generics were not previously avaliable for my particular medication. As you can see it is not an expensive drug .. but the combo is unusual. -
The way the 'harridan' explained to me was .. the new software explicitly forbids, ie will not allow the non-generic, to be put forward to be reimbursed unless the pharmacist can tick the relevant box (as detailed by Norman/nomoss above) and has seen the evidence as to why.The only way round it is to pay for the non-generic medicine .. with no reimbursement from either the state or your mutuelle.Cracking the whip indeed.
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Wooly I am most sympathetic to the health services plight as to the cost of drugs and the proliferation in the number of available drugs today.So, I will, next time, try said generic copy for my current prescription but, if they don't suit me then I will hotfoot it straight to my MT to protest and ask her to support my request for my original drug.It was a tad daunting the other day as, here in laid-back Brittany, we haven't seen the like of this harridan for at least 10/12 years. I thought such people had all either retired or died out. All is usually sweetness and peace here.I have a feeling that she might not last long here if she continues in her current manner .. pharmacies depend on continuing loyal custom so if the customers bu**er off to another pharmacy then smthg would need to happen.
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Yes, came as a bit of a shock the other day at the pharmacie when a 'new' person behind the counter (don't think she is a pharmacienne .. more of a 'préparatrice') said to me .. you can't have that anymore, you will have to have the generic copy. This of a combined beta-blocker/anti-hypertensive drug that I have been taking for 8 years .. and which took me 2-3 years to get used to.Then she jabbed a finger at the small photocopy notice on the counter. I read the notice and said .. no, I can pay to have the original if I want.To which she replied that I was in luck as the generic was 'en rupture de stock' .. so I had escaped this time, unscathed.Looking up online it seems that the generic copies .. when available .. might be ok. But if they are not then I can say to my MT that I tried them but that they didn't suit me.Phew .. don't fancy facing the harridan and having to say that.We'll see what happens next time.
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Fittersmate wrote : I don't log out when I leave the forum and have ticked the "Keep me logged in" box but each day I have to log in again. Does it just automatically log me out when I switch off?If it's not the forum logging you out then it's your browser .. or rather the options your browser has ticked for you.Which browser do you use ?
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Idun wrote : And surely that address should have been https, and the s was missing, supposedly meaning a secure web site.Well spotted .. just checked and Ameli is https ..And yes, more or less as I thought Frexpt .. this is a phishing attempt to get your credit card details .. so, well avoided ?
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Definitely looks like phishing to me .. but to be sure .. access your Ameli account and send them a private message asking about it.Normally your card can be updated .. mise à jour .. at your pharmacy.
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Fortunately (following Idun's ages old advice to keep all paperwork for at least 10 years) I have kept our original ferry tickets from the UK to France and the contract we had to rent a Gite over part of the winter following our arrival on French soil. There were no return ferry tickets ever booked or bought afterwards ?.As not everyone comes here as a result of retirement complete with an S1 from the UK ..We also have copies of the form we sent to the UK reclaiming UK tax paid following our first tax declaration in France the year following our arrival here .. our date of arrival is clearly written.Later confirmed by UK when they approved our S1s many years later.
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Ah .. that's hopeful Fitter. Good for you .. We haven't had any notification from them yet so I will give them a prod next week.
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Pm received and my reply sent Idun.
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Ah Idun .. if only I had the answer ?Fortunately things do seem to have improved in the almost 15 years since we arrived .. Today, especially where we are in southern Brittany, most, if not nearly all fonctionnaires, are invariably truly knowledgeable and helpful.Though I have experienced the odd bod who played the 'you are to regard me as your superior' card .. so they came into the category of requiring deft handling .. not always immediately successful .. but you live and learn .. so no acquired knowledge is never without value.
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Good for you UaG !When we first arrived in France .. after our bizarre experiences renting the dreadful UK owned and run gite for 3 months .. we rented 'à l'année' from a proper (well almost) French owner. There we were surrounded on 3 sides by French families who were super helpful and who 'nursed' us through our first year of genuine life in France. One of the phrases I was taught was 'il faut râler' .. by our lovely neighbour, who worked for the fraud section of the tax office in Vannes .. when I explained that gentle, brought-up-to-be-polite-at-all-times English people did not do that lightly .. and certainly not in a foreign country, where we had invited ourselves and were not guests. Her reply has stayed with me through the ensuing years ..Il te faut apprendre à râler .. sinon ils ne te prendront pas au sérieux'.Still I find that complaining is the most hard thing to do here.
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My accent is, apparently, quite good as I seem to be able to 'do' various accents just by hearing them .. and my grammar is not bad either. My problem is lack of vocab .. although I try very hard to retain vocab it comes into my mind, might stay for a short while and then just wanders off.I am quite frequently asked what region of France I am from since my accent cannot immediately be placed .. so I own up to being English to excuse my vocab, or lack of.
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Idun wrote : That you say that they are slower, well, it is probably the breton way and that is fine by me.Normally it is fine by me too but, as the fisc have my money, which by right and by now should have been repaid to me - and with interest, I am somewhat concerned that the date they gave for its return has been and gone.You can hardly say that fitter and I are leaping up and down with incandescent rage .. we are not storming their offices .. we are simply looking to communicate with them to ensure our money's eventual return ?.
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Isitlunchtime wrote : Why not just pop in and talk to them?Because I have a lot of other, more pressing, things to deal with at the moment ..So another secure message will be sent. As Fitter has found also Morbihan is a bit slower than other departments.
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Still not a peep out of Morbihan ie Vannes so as the 31/12/2019 has come and gone now is the moment to demand action.Hopefully a positive reply will be forthcoming ?Though I might not hold my breath ..
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May 2020 be kinder and calmer than 2019.Good health and happiness to all.???
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BinB .. I can only agree .. as the French system relies (mostly) on a one-off registration fee in lieu of annual 'road tax' charges as is current in the UK. Of course if the car is highly powered then not only will you pay a high initial registration fee but an annual 'pollution' fee as well.Things have changed here over the last few years.
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I cannot understand why my reply to fitter has not appeared .. as ever the vagaries of this website confuse me.
Social Charges - here we go again!
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