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30/12/2007, 10:00 woolybanana Joined on 27/08/2007 Posts 1,370 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08 Thanks to English generosity    Report

30/12/2007, 10:47 groslard Joined on 26/12/2007 Posts 255 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08  woolybanana wrote: Thanks to English generosity And not much in the way of charges for Health care in France for  retired British people either thanks to the same English generosity (E121)    Report

30/12/2007, 11:21 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 10,084 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08  woolybanana wrote: Thanks to English generosity Isn't it a Welsh assembly decision on how they spend their money, in much the same way as the Scots decide about charges (or not) for University education and personal care for the elderly. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

30/12/2007, 11:28 Llwyncelyn Joined on 14/06/2006 Posts 703 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08 I take your point but an example is say Sedbury just across the border from Chepstow.  Residents there registered with a Wales based practice and have their prescriptions in Chepstow of course where the cost is nil as against say going to Lydney where they have to pay. As to the English assistance I suppose that also applies to free prescriptions in Scotland and no top up fees for Students in Scotland as well.  Now I must have words with our good friends who run the water system in the Elan Valley and see if we can get a good rate for all the water that pours into Birmingham. But of course many utilities in the UK are owned by EDF I wonder how many in France are owned say by Severn Trent.  Still off the subject.    Report

30/12/2007, 11:37 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 10,084 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08 Frankly I think that the English could do with an assembly of their own, too, but I think its  pretty unlikely to happen. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

02/01/2008, 18:55 Sc Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 218 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08  groslard wrote: And not much in the way of charges for Health care in France for  retired British people either thanks to the same English generosity (E121) Yes but the NHS doesn't have to look after them in the UK does it. France doesn't have to contribute anything for French retirees resident in the UK. Don't forget that the current crop of E121 holders paid for your education and a lot more besides, laddie . Steve www.relaxcheznous.com    Report

02/01/2008, 19:03 groslard Joined on 26/12/2007 Posts 255 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08 No but the principle of the NHS is that it covers residents. Clearly people who are living in France are not residents. So the UK has no reponsibility for them: they have chosen to live elsewhere. It is just a generous gesture to give E106s and E121s. It is quite possible that a future government might decide to end this. As for the question  of French retirees: Have you any idea how many French people retire to the UK, as opposed to the opposite??    Report

02/01/2008, 23:13 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 4,008 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08 You raise a valid and crucial point groslard. The E form system is a concession and could be withdrawn at any time. Such an act would make the current round of problems for pre retirement age "inactifs" be like comparing a minor pimple to a massive flesh eating ulcer and could effectively make emigration from the UK for this group nigh on impossible except for the super wealthy. Paradoxically it's for that very reason that I think it's highly unlikely to happen. I don't know the exact numbers but I would imagine that the costs involved in supporting the E form system to be broadly on a par with the cost of treating tens of thousands of sick expats suddenly turning up in back UK to further stretch an already overburdened NHS so as long as there is no compelling financial advantage to do so then there is no incentive for a government of any flavour to persue such a provocative and vindictive policy. Beyond the € I sometimes wonder exactly what the EU states do actually have in common, and the UK is even excluded from that My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

04/01/2008, 9:15 Missy Joined on 15/11/2005 Wales & DeuxSèvres & Paris & the rest of the world Posts 1,657 Re: Changes to medical reimbursements on 1 January 08  Russethouse wrote:  woolybanana wrote: Thanks to English generosity Isn't it a Welsh assembly decision on how they spend their money,      ...which is allocated by Westminster as the Welsh Assembly - unlike the Scottish Parliament - doesn't yet have power to raise taxes .... Mourir de rire c'est bon pour la santé    Report

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