Carte Vitale via CPAM now RAM?
We are retired to France since May 2015. I have my Carte Vitale affection de longue durée (ALD) from caisse primaire d’assurance maladie (CPAM) since I am diabetic. I wanted to supplement our income by offering online counseling business and you helped me become a micro-entrepreneur profession liberale in August 2016.
However, in November I received a letter from CPAM saying I was no longer covered by them, discovered I was now covered by régime social des Indépendants (RAM) and logged in to their website. I updated my Carte Vitale at the local pharmacy. RAM next asked me to sign a consent form so they could access my records.
The lady who sorts out my tax then suggested I write to RAM and CPAM to say I wanted to stay with CPAM under the original S1 forms since the the counselling was just to supplement my retirement income (indeed to date I have not earned anything). The tax lady said, otherwise I would have to pay social contributions on our UK pensions as well.
- Is it possible for me to remain under CPAM whilst perhaps earning a little from my registered business in France?
- Otherwise is it going to be necessary to close the business that has not really started?