Taxation

Health and taxation, the grey areas of retirees

<h2>Health and tax&amp;comma; retirees' grey areas<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"chapo size-11"><strong>French retirees who move abroad account for almost 10 % of the total number of retirees&amp;period; Most of them do not do so for tax reasons&amp;period; On the other hand, many retirees who worked in France return to their country of origin&amp;period; A grey area remains concerning the amount of these retirement benefits, which "lack reliability" according to the Cour d'Comptes&amp;comma;&amp;period; d&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;of the total number of retirees;origin&amp;period; A grey area remains over the amount of these retirement benefits, which "lack reliability" according to the Cour des Comptes&amp;comma;&amp;period; all the more vast as these expenses have increased by 1&amp;comma;7 billion&amp;semi;euros&amp;comma; an increase of 35&amp;percnt;&amp;comma; between 2006 and 2015&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"size-10">Without private or mutual insurance in France&amp;comma; you lose your rights, and if you return only for treatment in France and you plan to leave again&amp;comma; the health insurance company will deny you your Social Security rights&amp;period; You need to be well aware that just because you are a French expatriate does not mean that you will be covered&amp;comma; even for serious health problems&amp;period; Some French expatriates are not covered by the Social Security system;It's important to realize that just because you're a French expatriate doesn't mean you'll be taken care of, even for serious health problems&amp;period; Some expatriates try to get around the law because they can't afford it, but leave their bills to the community...This is totally illegal&amp;period; Overall&amp;comma; retirees must weigh up the costs and benefits of their expatriate situation&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"size-10">Health on the one hand&amp;and tax schemes on the other&amp;and less tax and virtually no income from their investments&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"s2 size-11">Health and access to care is a priority issue for French retirees&amp;period; What factors should be taken into account&amp;quest;<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"size-10">The financial aspect is a major issue&amp;period; On the one hand, you need to be aware of the cost&amp;comma; which will necessarily be higher whichever way you choose&amp;period; Keeping a mutuelle in France&amp;comma; join the "caisse des français de l&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;étranger" or take out private insurance&amp;comma; there are additional costs&amp;comma; even in a European country with a social security transfer agreement&amp;comma; such as Portugal&amp;period; <strong>Public medicine<&sol;strong> As for countries such as Thailand &amp;lpar;2nd destination for French retirees&amp;rpar; and Morocco &amp;lpar;3rd destination for French retirees&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; you are subject to expensive mutual insurance schemes and very expensive treatment in private clinics&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<div id&equals;"divvideostepadtop" class&equals;"divvideostep"><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;

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