carte vitale

[johnycarper]

We have had our cards and got them easily but we have a friend who has paid tax in France for 2 years now and has no card.I thought i read somewhere that once you paid tax in France for a certain time period you were entitled to the health care cover.

Any advice please,

John

[andyh4]

Just paying tax is not enough.  Being employed will do it, but paying tax may not.  We would need more details.

[EuroTrashII]

If not working the rule is 5 years legal residency to qualify. And even then ....

[AnOther]

Not forgetting that you have to apply to join CPAM, it doesn't just happen.

If they have had no demonstrable health cover for the time they have been here then effectively it will not count towards the 5 year rule, plus of course without it they are not legally resident.

Definitely more info needed. did they come over with an E106 or other E form for instance ?

Is that the creak of the lid being lifted from a jar of worms I hear [blink]

[NormanH]

As andy says, just paying tax is not a reason to get health cover. For example someone who pays tax because of investment income, but does not work would not be eligible.

If the tax is on earnings worked for in France, then there is a rule about how many hours have to be worked in a certain period.

If that  requirement has been fulfilled  the person then has to apply for an attestation de droits, which will finally lead to the bit of plastic.

Of course if someone is retired, and in receipt of an OAP and paying tax in France on pension income then the UK pays provided the S1 has been taken to the CPAM and the person registered.