European card
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I have been told on two occasions that an E111 european card is not needed to travel to the UK. If I was to incurr any medical charges in the UK, then I would have it refunded on the Carte Vital when returning to France!! Anyone know if this is right??
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you do still need one, but it's not called an E111 anymore. just go into your CPAM office (or whoever if you're not with CPAM) & ask for a Carte Européenne d'Assurance Maladie. It takes a couple of weeks & will be posted to you. You need to take ID with you though (passport). |
Like you the first time we said we were going to the U.K. and like you were told we didn't need one, so the second time we made a destination and date up saying we were going on holiday and we were then sent a card each. They cannot refuse!! good luck |
| Surely you could always take out travel insurance as this would cover other unforseen eventualities. |
| I do not know if Cpam do the same thing, but with MSA we just filled the form in on line and the cards arrived about a week later. We needed one for our daughter who was going to Germany and also for us when we went to Uk, just to be on the safe side. So may I suggest you look on their web site to see if you can do the same. |
| You can apply for the card online at www.ameli.fr it was very easy to do and you do not need a great deal of French to manage it and it arrives within 14 days, I know I did it for my self and my husband. |
| I applied for a European Health cover card online for my student son this week via his SMEBA organismn and received it within 48hrs - not bad for France. It is recommended for all who travel outside France and prooves you are covered here in case of reimbursement. |
| I called CPAM english helpline on 0811 36 36 46, they took my details and got back to me later that day, as I was travelling within the two weeks waiting time so they sent me an assestation form that was valid for 3 months while I awaited my card, my card arrived the day after I got back from a two week holiday in UK. |
| Our local CPAM office has a machine where you insert your carte vitale, press the correct button and you receive a printed attestation immediately. |
| I agree with some posters you do need a E.H.I.C I always apply on line for ours, usually they're here within a week or less :-) |