didi

Just had a quote for private health cover, just the basic cover for hospitalisation starts at 900 euros for our age group (nearly 50 somethings) and the dearest comes out at 2000euros! per person

We have been living in France for 5 years and received our carte vitale when our E106 ran out, we subsequently moved to the Haute Pyrenees and went to the local office, armed with all the necessary papers, passport etc, to let them know we had moved to the area.  They said they would process all the details and send us a letter when they had done all that and we would just have to update our carte vitale.  Now six months down the line we have today received a letter quoting " Conformément au nouveau décret du 21/03/2007 tout résident communautaire non actif se trouvant sur notre territoire et ne pouvant bénéficier ou continuer de bénéficier des droits européens sur présentation de formulaire tel que: E106 ou E121 ne peut bénéficier de la Sécurité Sociale mais doit contacter une Assurance Privée.  En conséquence vous voudrez bein nous retourner vos Cartes Vitales" We went to the CPam office and said that we had several houses in france that we let out to year round tenants and therefore had some form of income in France and we have been paying the tax on the rentals for the last two years, but the lady at the CPAM office said that that didn't count.   So now we have to pay for private medical cover, but I thought that being part of the EU we were entitled to basic state cover, especially as we have been paying taxes and social contributions each year, it seems that the French government can please themselves.  What would happen if we didn't have the money to pay for private cover? Has anybody else been refused their carte vitale?   From a very annoyed Didi