What happens to health cover after close of auto-entrepreneur business?

Domino

30 Oct 2015 at 12:14 · Viewed 1237 times

My husband would like to close down his auto-entrepreneur business in France this year. He is drawing his UK state pension, so is entitled to health cover by the UK. However, when I phoned UK for the S1 form, I was told that as my husband has been working in France, it is the responsibility of the country where he has been working (France) to continue to provide his health cover.

I’m presuming this is not the case. However, I have heard that after the business closes, he has one year to sort out his health cover. Please can you confirm if this is the case?

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