If you are employed permanently in France you will have to pay contributions for health care, bit like in the UK , France is very bueaurocratic so there maybe lots of forms to fill .
You will probably get an attestation to enable you to get health care quite quickly, though the carte vitale (health card) may take longer.
You find yourself a GP and fill in a form to name him/her as your medecin traitant .(important as it will cost if you don't name one) Many but not all T2s are just treated by their GP but you can be referred to a specialist and you can choose who/where you want to go.
Diabetes is an ALD (affection de longue dur?e) so your GP will have to apply for that and until you get it then you may have to pay normal rates, though the money will be reimbursed to the date of your ALD
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I was diagnosed in hospital, they applied for my ALD but we still had to pay a large bill, getting the money back later)
Treatment for an ALD is 100% reimbursed. (except for 1€ for each doc visit and 50c for each packet of medicine + odd things are't covered fully e gI had to pay for the dye for an eye examination).
I have to pay almost all my doctors upfront, the money is reimbursed directly to a bank account (usually quickly) Most pharmacies have computerised systems, they scan your carte vitale (health card) and for diabetes related things you pay nothing.
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they subtract the odd Euros from reimbursements, you receive regular accounts showing how much you and they have paid)
Non diabetes related health care may cost you something, ie a GP visit is 23€, with 70% refunded, drugs are reimbursed at between 30% and 70%. The same applies to hospital care where there is also a board an lodging charge. (I think there are rules on max cost also)
Most people pay for a 'top up' insurance policy to cover these charges, your employer may have a scheme for this. Insurers are not allowed to take pre-existing illnesses into account.
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You actually only get reimbursed for the cost of a standard GP/consultant this is a doctor operating under Secteur 1. Some GPS and consultants operate under 'secteur 2 conventionn? ? honoraires libres' This means that they can decide their own charges, and they may be more than the fixed rate. If it is more you have to pay the rest. A more expensive top up insurance may cover 200 or 300% of standard charges. ]
I' understand that in Paris, doctors often cost more than standard rates )
http://sante-medecine.commentcamarc...es-medecins-le-secteur-1-et-le-secteur-2.php3
You can check out which secteur a doctor operates under here
http://ameli-direct.ameli.fr/
I think the drugs used are very much the same as in the UK
http://www.diabete2-patients.com/c3_1.php
This link shows you the care to expect as a person with T2
http://www.has-sante.fr/portail/jcms/c_419389/ald-n8-diabete-de-type-2
French health care is very good, it's extremely thorough and proactive. You have custody over all your tests, scans etc and are often sent the results directly. On the other hand it's entirely up to you to make all your own appointments to see the variou, s specialists.
I thought the word 'import' on the customs declaration meant 'for trade purposes'. Ooops.
