In a nutshell, you can claim back mileage costs through your carte vitale health insurance card. A new website which helps to simplify the process of transport reimbursement has just been set up by CPAM (Caisse Primaire d’Assurances Maladie), France’s national health insurance administration. Apart from having a carte vitale, you’ll need to have a doctor’s recommendation (prescription médicale de transport) on which they’ve ticked the box "private car" or "public transport" depending on your condition and personal situation. If you don't drive, or feel too ill to brave public transport, you can arrange to be taken to hospital by a patient transport ambulance. This varies from area to area - search transport sanitaire for your local area, or check the transport page on your account at ameli.fr.

Source: The Local October 23, 2019 07:52 UTC