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Complementary health solidarity (ex-CMU-C)
Verified 01 April 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
Do you have low resources? The complementary health solidarity helps you with your health expenses. It replaces supplementary universal health coverage (CMU-C). It allows you to get reimbursed the additional part of your health expenses. This means that this aid reimburses what is not reimbursed by the Health Insurance. Solidarity health supplement is free or paid according to your income.
What applies to you ?
General case
If you have scarce resources , the solidarity health complementary helps you with your health expenditure.
Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of the social security rates.
Warning
Without this help, you have to pay the complementary share, that is which is not refunded by Health Insurance.
In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:
- No fee overruns on medical rates if you respect your care pathway. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
- In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily flat rate. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
- No medical deductible or flat-rate participation by €1 to be paid
- Third-party payer : you do not have to advance medical expenses.
- Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
- Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as a cane, one wheelchair or bandages
- Discounts on your train tickets depending on the region (if you have the complementary free solidarity health)
Example :
At the pharmacy, you don't advance money for your medications.
A simulator allows you to know if you can benefit from the complementary health solidarity:
Estimate your rights to the complementary health solidarity
Please note
The solidarity health supplement is automatically granted to persons under 25 years of age who are dependent on beneficiaries of active solidarity income (SSA). This right shall be automatically renewed after a period of one year.
Based on your income
To obtain the health supplement, your income must not exceed a certain amount. It is free or paid for depending on your income level.
FYI
if you receive the active solidarity income (RSA), you are entitled to the free solidarity health supplement. This assignment of the CSS is automatic unless you object.
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New Request
Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).
If your income does not exceed those shown in the following table, the solidarity health supplement is free :
Number of persons at home | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €9,719 |
2 people | €14,578 |
3 people | €17,494 |
4 people | €20,409 |
Per person in + | €3,887 |
She's paying if your income falls within the following range:
Number of persons at home | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | Enter €9,719 and €13,120 |
2 people | Enter €14,578 and €19,680 |
3 people | Enter €17,494 and €23,616 |
4 people | Enter €20,409and €27,553 |
Per additional person | Enter €3,887 and €5,248 |
The resources taken into account are those collected during a 12-month period. This period goes from the 13th month up to the second calendar month preceding the month of the application.
Example: You apply on February 15, 2023. The month of application is therefore February. The period considered (between the 13th and 2nd month before) is therefore the period from 1er January 2022 to December 31.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
You were a beneficiary of UHC-C
Nothing changes. You don't have to pay anything extra: you are entitled to the solidarity health supplement free of charge.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
Composition of the hearth | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €9,719 |
2 people | €14,578 |
3 people | €17,494 |
4 people | €20,409 |
Per person in + | €3,887 |
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
Please note
The resources taken into account are those collected during a 12-month period. This period runs from the 13th month to the 2nd calendar month preceding the month of the application.
Example: You apply on February 15, 2023. The month of application is therefore February. The period considered (between the 13th and 2nd month before) is therefore the period from 1er January 2022 to December 31.
GBA Recipient
You are entitled to the solidarity health supplement by paying a small amount, which depends on your home and the number of people in your household.
The resources taken into account are those collected during a 12-month period. This period runs from the 13th month to the 2nd calendar month preceding the month of the application.
Example: You apply on February 15, 2023. The month of application is therefore February. The period considered (between the 13th and 2nd month before) is therefore the period from 1er January 2022 to December 31.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
Foyer Number of persons | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €13,120 |
2 people | €19,680 |
3 people | €23,616 |
4 people | €27,553 |
Per additional person | €5,248 |
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
The age taken into account is the age at 1er January of the year in which the right to supplementary health benefits is granted.
Age at 1er January of the year of allocation of the C2S | Monthly amount the financial contribution (general case) |
---|---|
29 years and under | €8 |
30 to 49 years | €14 |
50 to 59 years | €21 |
Age 60 to 69 | €25 |
Age 70 and older | €30 |
Depending on your residence
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You're French
You must be in one of the following situations:
- You must reside in France without interruption for more than 3 months
- You benefit from a compulsory social security scheme because you have a professional activity in France that lasts more than 3 months
- You are enrolled in an educational institution in France
- You are doing an internship in France under cooperation agreements or a vocational training internship for a period of more than 3 months
- You receive certain benefits (family benefits, allowances for the elderly, housing allowances, social assistance, replacement income, allowance for disabled adults, etc.)
- You have volunteered internationally abroad and are not entitled to health insurance in any other way.
Please note
if you are homeless, you can get a administrative address.
You're a foreigner
You have been living in France for more than 3 months
You must meet the following 2 conditions:
- Have a valid residence permit to stay in France
- Reside in France continuously for more than 3 months
If you are homeless, you can get a administrative address with a communal social action center (CCAS) or an approved association.
FYI
if you are in an irregular situation (i.e. we have no papers or right to be in France), you can apply for medical assistance from the State (AME).
Present for less than 3 months
You must be in one of the following situations:
- You benefit from a compulsory social security scheme because you have a professional activity in France that lasts more than 3 months
- You are enrolled in an educational institution or an internship in France under cooperation agreements or you are enrolled in a vocational training course for a period of more than 3 months
- You receive certain benefits (family benefits, allowances for the elderly, housing, social assistance, replacement income, allowance for disabled adults, etc.)
- You have volunteered internationally abroad and are not entitled to health insurance in any other way.
If you are homeless, you can get a administrative address with a communal social action center (CCAS) or an approved association.
FYI
if you are in an irregular situation (i.e. we have no papers or right to be in France), you can apply for medical assistance from the State (AME).
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Online
You can apply online through your Ameli account.
Request for complementary health solidarity
You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:
- Tax Notice or Tax-Filing Situation (Asdir)
- Property Tax Notice
- Local Housing Tax Notice
- If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of the tax and social situation of each country concerned
- If you are an RSA applicant: Resource attestation provided by the FAC or MSA
You may also need to provide additional information to consider your application.
Since 1er January 2022, when you apply for RSA, the organizations responsible for reviewing your application complete the steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose that.
By mail
You must fill out the cerfa n°12504 form and send it to your health insurance body.
Request for complementary health solidarity
You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:
- Tax Notice or Tax-Filing Situation (Asdir)
- Property Tax Notice
- Local Housing Tax Notice
- If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of the tax and social situation of each country concerned
- If you are an RSA applicant: Resource attestation provided by the FAC or MSA
You may also need to provide additional information to consider your application.
Since 1er January 2022, when you apply for RSA, the organizations responsible for reviewing your application complete the steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose that.
By proxy
You have an Ameli account
If you cannot move, it is possible to give a power of attorney to a middle-aged man.
He will then be able to carry out the process in your place in one of the reception points.
This power of attorney is done by logging into your Ameli account.
The power of attorney is valid one month.
Your representative must go to one of the reception points of the CPAM: titleContent with the following documents:
- Proxy dated and signed by you
- His ID
- Copy of your ID (national ID card, passport)
Please note
you can terminate this power of attorney at any time by going to your Ameli account.
You don't have an Ameli account
You fill out a written document giving power of attorney to a third party with the identity of the third party. You're dating and you're signing this document.
Your representative will have to arrive at one of the reception points with the following documents:
- Proxy document
- Copy of your ID (national ID card or passport)
- His own ID
Your health insurance body give you its decision no later than 2 months after receiving your request. If you don't get an answer for more than 2 months after your request, it means your request is accepted.
The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you have to pay to benefit from the complementary health solidarity.
You have received a refusal but you think you meet the conditions to have the complementary health solidarity?
You have 2 months from the day you received the refusal (notification) to apply to the Amicable Appeals Board (CRA).
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C2S Free
Complementary health solidarity free lasts 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of right. This period shall be renewable.
Paid C2S
Complementary health solidarity paying lasts 1 year. This period shall be renewable.
The validity period starts on 1er the day of the month after you send the items necessary to pay the contribution requested by your health insurance organization. You have three months to send these documents.
If you do not pay the amount due to benefit from the solidarity health supplementYou will no longer be entitled to it, temporarily.
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General case
Yes, you must renew the solidarity health supplement (free or paid) every year.
You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (deadline) indicated on the attestation. You must apply for the renewal in the same way as the first application and attach all the documents requested.
You collect the RSA
Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.
You can see the Aspa
Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.
Alsace-Moselle
If you have scarce resources , the solidarity health complementary helps you with your health expenditure.
Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of the social security rates.
Warning
Without this help, you have to pay the complementary share, that is which is not refunded by Health Insurance.
In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:
- No fee overruns on medical rates if you respect your care pathway. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
- In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily flat rate. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
- No medical deductible or flat-rate participation by €1 to be paid
- Third-party payer : you do not have to advance medical expenses.
- Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
- Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as a cane, one wheelchair or bandages
- Discounts on your train tickets depending on the region (if you have the complementary free solidarity health)
Example :
At the pharmacy, you don't advance money for your medications.
Depending on your resources, you will be asked to participate.
FYI
if you, or a member of your household, benefit from the active solidarity income (RSA), you are entitled to the free solidarity health supplement.
A simulator allows you to know if you can benefit from the complementary health solidarity:
Estimate your rights to the complementary health solidarity
FYI
The solidarity health supplement is automatically granted to persons under 25 years of age who are dependent on beneficiaries of active solidarity income (SSA). This right shall be automatically renewed after a period of one year.
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New Request
Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).
She's free if your income does not exceed that shown in the following table
Composition of the hearth | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €9,719 |
2 people | €14,578 |
3 people | €17,494 |
4 people | €20,409 |
Per person in + | €3,887 |
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
She's paying if your income falls within the following range:
Foyer Number of persons | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | Enter €9,719 and €13,120 |
2 people | Enter €14,578 and €19,680 |
3 people | Enter €17,494 and €23,616 |
4 people | Enter €20,409and €27,553 |
Per additional person | Enter €3,887 and €5,248 |
The resources taken into account are those collected during the 12 months preceding the application.
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
You were a beneficiary of UHC-C
Nothing changes. You don't have to pay anything extra: you are entitled to the solidarity health supplement free of charge.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
Composition of the hearth | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €9,719 |
2 people | €14,578 |
3 people | €17,494 |
4 people | €20,409 |
Per person in + | €3,887 |
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
Please note
the income you take into account is what you earned or received in the 12 months before your application.
GBA Recipient
You are entitled to the solidarity health supplement by paying a small amount, which depends on your home and the number of people in your household.
The resources taken into account are those collected during the 12 months preceding the application.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
Foyer Number of persons | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €13,120 |
2 people | €19,680 |
3 people | €23,616 |
4 people | €27,553 |
Per additional person | €5,248 |
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
The age taken into account is the age at 1er January of the year in which the right to supplementary health benefits is granted.
Age at 1er January of the year of allocation of the C2S | Monthly amount of financial participation in Alsace-Moselle |
---|---|
29 years and under | €2.80 |
30 to 49 years | €4.90 |
50 to 59 years | €7.30 |
Age 60 to 69 | €8.70 |
Age 70 and older | €10.50 |
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You're French
You must be in one of the following situations:
- You must reside in France without interruption for more than 3 months
- You benefit from a compulsory social security scheme because you have a professional activity in France that lasts more than 3 months
- You are enrolled in an educational institution in France
- You are doing an internship in France under cooperation agreements or a vocational training internship for a period of more than 3 months
- You receive certain benefits (family benefits, allowances for the elderly, housing allowances, social assistance, replacement income, allowance for disabled adults, etc.)
- You have volunteered internationally abroad and are not entitled to health insurance in any other way.
Please note
if you are homeless, you can get a administrative address.
You're a foreigner
You have been living in France for more than 3 months
You must meet the following 2 conditions:
- Have a valid residence permit to stay in France
- Reside in France continuously for more than 3 months
If you are homeless, you can get a administrative address with a communal social action center (CCAS) or an approved association.
FYI
if you are in an irregular situation (i.e. we have no papers or right to be in France), you can apply for medical assistance from the State (AME).
Present for less than 3 months
You must be in one of the following situations:
- You benefit from a compulsory social security scheme because you have a professional activity in France that lasts more than 3 months
- You are enrolled in an educational institution or an internship in France under cooperation agreements or you are enrolled in a vocational training course for a period of more than 3 months
- You receive certain benefits (family benefits, allowances for the elderly, housing, social assistance, replacement income, allowance for disabled adults, etc.)
- You have volunteered internationally abroad and are not entitled to health insurance in any other way.
If you are homeless, you can get a administrative address with a communal social action center (CCAS) or an approved association.
FYI
if you are in an irregular situation (i.e. we have no papers or right to be in France), you can apply for medical assistance from the State (AME).
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Online
You can apply online through your Ameli account.
Request for complementary health solidarity
You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:
- Tax Notice or Tax-Filing Situation (Asdir)
- Property Tax Notice
- Local Housing Tax Notice
- If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of the tax and social situation of each country concerned
- If you are an RSA applicant: Resource attestation provided by the FAC or MSA
You may also need to provide additional information to consider your application.
Since 1er January 2022, when you apply for RSA, the organizations responsible for reviewing your application complete the steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose that.
By mail
You must fill out the cerfa n°12504 form and send it to your health insurance body.
Request for complementary health solidarity
You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:
- Tax Notice or Tax-Filing Situation (Asdir)
- Property Tax Notice
- Local Housing Tax Notice
- If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of the tax and social situation of each country concerned
- If you are an RSA applicant: Resource attestation provided by the FAC or MSA
You may also need to provide additional information to consider your application.
Since 1er January 2022, when you apply for RSA, the organizations responsible for reviewing your application complete the steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose that.
By proxy
You have an Ameli account
If you cannot move, it is possible to give a power of attorney to a middle-aged man.
He will then be able to carry out the process in your place in one of the reception points.
This power of attorney is done by logging into your Ameli account.
The power of attorney is valid one month.
Your representative must go to one of the reception points of the CPAM: titleContent with the following documents:
- Proxy dated and signed by you
- His ID
- Copy of your ID (national ID card, passport)
Please note
you can terminate this power of attorney at any time by going to your Ameli account.
You don't have an Ameli account
You fill out a written document giving power of attorney to a third party with the identity of the third party. You're dating and you're signing this document.
Your representative will have to arrive at one of the reception points with the following documents:
- Proxy document
- Copy of your ID (national ID card or passport)
- His own ID
Your health insurance body give you its decision no later than 2 months after receiving your request. If you don't get an answer for more than 2 months after your request, it means your request is accepted.
The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you have to pay to benefit from the complementary health solidarity.
You have received a refusal but you think you meet the conditions to have the complementary health solidarity?
You have 2 months from the day you received the refusal (notification) to apply to the Amicable Appeals Board (CRA).
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C2S Free
Complementary health solidarity free lasts 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of right.
Paid C2S
Complementary health solidarity paying lasts 1 year.
The validity period starts on 1er the day of the month after you send the items necessary to pay the contribution requested by your health insurance organization. You have three months to send these documents.
If you do not pay the amount due to benefit from C2S you will no longer be entitled to it, temporarily.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
General case
Yes, you must renew the solidarity health supplement (free or paid) every year.
You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (deadline) indicated on the attestation. You must apply for the renewal in the same way as the first application and attach all the documents requested.
You collect the RSA
Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.
You can see the Aspa
Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.
Overseas (Dom)
Warning
Complementary health solidarity is not not applicable to Mayotte. It will be on the 1ster January 2024. In the meantime, low-income insured persons in the Mayotte scheme may apply for 100%.
If you have scarce resources , the solidarity health complementary helps you with your health expenditure.
Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of the social security rates.
Warning
Without this help, you have to pay the complementary share, that is which is not refunded by Health Insurance.
In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:
- No fee overruns on medical rates if you respect your care pathway. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
- In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily flat rate. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
- No medical deductible or flat-rate participation by €1 to be paid
- Third-party payer : you do not have to advance medical expenses.
- Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
- Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as a cane, one wheelchair or bandages
- Discounts on your train tickets depending on the region (if you have the complementary free solidarity health)
Example :
At the pharmacy, you don't advance money for your medications.
Depending on your resources, you will be asked to participate.
FYI
if you, or a member of your household, benefit from the active solidarity income (RSA), you are entitled to the free solidarity health supplement.
A simulator allows you to know if you can benefit from the complementary health solidarity:
Estimate your rights to the complementary health solidarity
The solidarity health supplement is automatically granted to persons under 25 years of age who are dependent on beneficiaries of active solidarity income (SSA). This right shall be automatically renewed after a period of one year.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
New Request
Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).
She's free if your income does not exceed that shown in the following table
Composition of the hearth | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €10,817 |
2 people | €16,225 |
3 people | €19,470 |
4 people | €22,716 |
Per person in + | €4,327 |
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
She's paying if your income falls within the following range:
Foyer Number of persons | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
DOM | |
1 person | Enter €10,817 and €14,603 |
2 people | Enter €16,225 and €21,904 |
3 people | Enter €19,470 and €26,285 |
4 people | Enter €22,716 and €30,666 |
Per additional person | Enter €4,327 and €5,841 |
The resources taken into account are those collected during the 12 months preceding the application.
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
You were a beneficiary of UHC-C
Nothing changes. You don't have to pay anything extra: you are entitled to the solidarity health supplement free of charge.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
Composition of the hearth | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €10,817 |
2 people | €16,225 |
3 people | €19,470 |
4 people | €22,716 |
Per person in + | €4,327 |
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
Please note
the "income" you take into account is what you earned or received in the 12 months before your application.
GBA Recipient
You are entitled to the solidarity health supplement by paying a small amount, which depends on your home and the number of people in your household.
The resources taken into account are those collected during the 12 months preceding the application.
If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings book, futures account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax notice.
Foyer Number of persons | Annual resource ceiling |
---|---|
1 person | €14,603 |
2 people | €21,904 |
3 people | €26,285 |
4 people | €30,666 |
Per additional person | €5,841 |
If you touch a housing aid or if you are hosted for free or proprietor of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people in the household.
Number of persons at home | Accommodation Package |
---|---|
1 | €72.93 |
2 | €145.86 |
3 or more | €180.50 |
The age taken into account is the age at 1er January of the year in which the right to supplementary health benefits is granted.
Age at 1er January of the year of allocation of the C2S | Monthly amount of the financial contribution |
---|---|
29 years and under | €8 |
30 to 49 years | €14 |
50 to 59 years | €21 |
Age 60 to 69 | €25 |
Age 70 and older | €30 |
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You're French
You must be in one of the following situations:
- You must reside in France without interruption for more than 3 months
- You benefit from a compulsory social security scheme because you have a professional activity in France that lasts more than 3 months
- You are enrolled in an educational institution in France
- You are doing an internship in France under cooperation agreements or a vocational training internship for a period of more than 3 months
- You receive certain benefits (family benefits, allowances for the elderly, housing allowances, social assistance, replacement income, allowance for disabled adults, etc.)
- You have volunteered internationally abroad and are not entitled to health insurance in any other way.
Please note
if you are homeless, you can get a administrative address.
You're a foreigner
You have been living in France for more than 3 months
You must meet the following 2 conditions:
- Have a valid residence permit to stay in France
- Reside in France continuously for more than 3 months
If you are homeless, you can get a administrative address with a communal social action center (CCAS) or an approved association.
FYI
if you are in an irregular situation (i.e. we have no papers or right to be in France), you can apply for medical assistance from the State (AME).
Present for less than 3 months
You must be in one of the following situations:
- You benefit from a compulsory social security scheme because you have a professional activity in France that lasts more than 3 months
- You are enrolled in an educational institution or an internship in France under cooperation agreements or you are enrolled in a vocational training course for a period of more than 3 months
- You receive certain benefits (family benefits, allowances for the elderly, housing, social assistance, replacement income, allowance for disabled adults, etc.)
- You have volunteered internationally abroad and are not entitled to health insurance in any other way.
If you are homeless, you can get a administrative address with a communal social action center (CCAS) or an approved association.
FYI
if you are in an irregular situation (i.e. we have no papers or right to be in France), you can apply for medical assistance from the State (AME).
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Online
You can apply online through your Ameli account.
Request for complementary health solidarity
You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:
- Tax Notice or Tax-Filing Situation (Asdir)
- Property Tax Notice
- Local Housing Tax Notice
- If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of the tax and social situation of each country concerned
- If you are an RSA applicant: Resource attestation provided by the FAC or MSA
You may also need to provide additional information to consider your application.
Since 1er January 2022, when you apply for RSA, the organizations responsible for reviewing your application complete the steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose that.
By mail
You must fill out the cerfa n°12504 form and send it to your health insurance body.
Request for complementary health solidarity
You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:
- Tax Notice or Tax-Filing Situation (Asdir)
- Property Tax Notice
- Local Housing Tax Notice
- If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of the tax and social situation of each country concerned
- If you are an RSA applicant: Resource attestation provided by the FAC or MSA
You may also need to provide additional information to consider your application.
Since 1er January 2022, when you apply for RSA, the organizations responsible for reviewing your application complete the steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose that.
By proxy
You have an Ameli account
If you cannot move, it is possible to give a power of attorney to a middle-aged man.
He will then be able to carry out the process in your place in one of the reception points.
This power of attorney is done by logging into your Ameli account.
The power of attorney is valid one month.
Your representative must go to one of the reception points of the CPAM: titleContent with the following documents:
- Proxy dated and signed by you
- His ID
- Copy of your ID (national ID card, passport)
Please note
you can terminate this power of attorney at any time by going to your Ameli account.
You don't have an Ameli account
You fill out a written document giving power of attorney to a third party with the identity of the third party. You're dating and you're signing this document.
Your representative will have to arrive at one of the reception points with the following documents:
- Proxy document
- Copy of your ID (national ID card or passport)
- His own ID
Your health insurance body give you its decision no later than 2 months after receiving your request. If you don't get an answer for more than 2 months after your request, it means your request is accepted.
The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you have to pay to benefit from the complementary health solidarity.
You have received a refusal but you think you meet the conditions to have the complementary health solidarity?
You have 2 months from the day you received the refusal (notification) to apply to the Amicable Appeals Board (CRA).
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C2S Free
Complementary health solidarity free lasts 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of right.
Paid C2S
Complementary health solidarity paying lasts 1 year.
The validity period starts on 1er the day of the month after you send the items necessary to pay the contribution requested by your health insurance organization. You have three months to send these documents.
If you do not pay the amount due to benefit from C2S you will no longer be entitled to it, temporarily.
General case
Yes, you must renew the solidarity health supplement (free or paid) every year.
You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (deadline) indicated on the attestation. You must apply for the renewal in the same way as the first application and attach all the documents requested.
You collect the RSA
Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.
You can see the Aspa
Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
To contact France Services
France Services / Maison de services au publicTo make an appointment with CPAM
Information on Foreign Care and C2SBy courier or postal mail
Via a telephone appointment
You can choose a niche from your amelihttps://assure.ameli.fr/PortailAS/appmanager/PortailAS/assure?_somtc=true#idPopupWARecueilConsentement account to make a telephone appointment on the day and time that is convenient for you.
On the day of the appointment, a health insurance advisor will call you at the time set on the phone number provided in your friendly account to update you on your case. Please check the contact information in your account before booking.
- Social Security Code: Articles L861-1 to L861-10Presentation of the provisions and conditions to be fulfilled (Article L861-1), definition of resources (Article L861-2), benefits (Article L861-3), choice of complementary body (Article L861-4), application and duration (Article L861-5)
- Social Security Code: Articles R861-2 to R861-10Conditions of resources
- Social Security Code: Articles R111-1 to R111-4Residence requirements (R111-2)
- Social Security Code: Articles R861-16 to R861-18Application file (R861-16), renewal application (R861-17)
- Social Security Code: Articles D861-1 to D861-8Resource ceiling (Article D861-1), third-party payment (Article D861-2)
- Decree n°2016-7 of 5 January 2016 on exceptions to the application of the principle "silence means rejection"
- Circular CNAM 30/2019 of 21 August 2019 presenting the reform on complementary health solidarity (PDF - 550.6 KB)
- CNAM Circular 33/2019 of 19 September 2019 upgrading the CMU-C/ACS/AME ceilings of housing packages (PDF - 674.6 KB)
- Order of 10 April 2015 establishing the list of contracts giving entitlement to the tax credit pursuant to Article L863-6 of the Social Security Code
- Request for complementary health solidarity
Online service
- Request for complementary health solidarity
Form
- Ameli: Make a proxy
Online service
- Complementary health solidaritySolidarity Health Complementary Fund