Changes to the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) System
You may probably have already received, or will be receiving in the near future, a letter and application form from the Overseas Healthcare Team of the UK Pensions Service entitled: “About the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from 1 May 2010”. Here, experts from Exclusive Healthcare explain the changes… Read More
Complementary Health Insurance – "Contrats Responsables"
Outside the insurance industry itself, health insurance policies that are defined as “contrats responsables” are probably not well understood or even known. It is worth having some knowledge of such plans because it may affect your choice of provider for “top up” insurance Read More
Almost 13,000 British nationals live in Poitou-Charentes
The British represent nearly a third of all foreigners living in Poitou-Charentes according to a recent report by the French National Institute of Statistics (INSEE) conducted from tax d’habitation surveys. Most have arrived in the last twenty years and settled mainly in rural areas Read More
Ways Of Learning To Speak French
For most people, speaking French is nothing but a dream. Let’s face it, the French language is not an easy one. Although it is a beautiful language, it can be hard for people to pick it up. Of course, for those who live various parts of the world where French is an official or common [...]
Learning To Speak French Via Online Courses
Learning to speak French is something that many people find exciting. It is indeed one of the harder languages to learn, but it can be done. If you have a computer you can find many different options out there to try to learn this language. Software, CDs, DVDs, and even podcast are all choices that [...]
Ways Of Learning To Speak French
For most people, speaking French is nothing but a dream. Let’s face it, the French language is not an easy one. Although it is a beautiful language, it can be hard for people to pick it up. Of course, for those who live various parts of the world where French is an official or common [...]
Rocket French
I took French all through school and have found it very useful to have a second language that I can speak fairly fluently. So, when my own children reached school age, I’ve encouraged them to take a language too. They both chose Spanish. So, when we planned a family trip to France for last fall, [...]
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Healthcare update 2008: hospitals, complementary insurance and the cost of medicines
For expats the first months of 2008 were dominated by the issue of continued access to the healthcare system (see below). However, the French health system is undergoing other big changes as well Read More
Legal advice when hiring an artisan in France
If you’re hiring an artisan or builder in France do as the French do and keep it official. Anne-Marie Gordon of Anglo-French Lawyers advises on what to do – and not do – to ensure you’re legally protected when getting work done on your French home. Read More