Complementary health solidarity (ex-CMU-C)

Verified 01 July 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

You have low resources? Complementary health solidarity (C2S) helps you with your health expenses. It replaces complementary universal health coverage (CMU-C). It allows you to be reimbursed for the additional part of your health expenses. This means that this aid covers what is not reimbursed by the Health Insurance. C2S is free or paid depending on your income. We explain the rules in metropolitan France and in the Dom.

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      General scenario

      If you have low resources , the complementary health solidarity helps you for your health expenditure.

      Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of Social Security rates.

      Warning  

      Without this help, you have to pay the complementary part, that is to say which is not reimbursed by the Health Insurance.

      In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:

      • No fee overruns
      • In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily fee. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
      • No medical deductible or flat-rate contribution of €2 payable
      • Third-party payment : you do not have to advance medical expenses on medical rates if you respect your care path. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
      • Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
      • Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as a cane, one wheelchair or dressings
      • Discounts on your train tickets depending on the region (if you have the free solidarity health supplement).

      Example :

      At the pharmacy, you do not advance money for your medications.

      To obtain the complementary health solidarity, your income must not exceed a certain amount.

      Complementary health is supportive free or paid depending on your income level.

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      (RSA)

      If you receive the RSA, you are entitled to the supplementary solidarity health insurance free of charge. This assignment is automatic unless you object.

      Supplementary disability allowance, Asi

      Since 1er July 2024, where theAsi You are assigned, your health insurance fund systematically offers paid C2S. This proposal is made by mail.

      That presumption does not apply if the holder of the Asi and, where applicable, his or her spouse, common-law partner or partner to whom he or she is Civil partnerships: titleContent, has been employed or self-employed during the 3 calendar months prior to the submission of their application for supplementary solidarity health insurance.

      Solidarity allowance for elderly people (Aspa)

      You and your spouse have easy access to paid C2S provided that you have not worked in the 3 months preceding your C2S application.

      Disabled adults' allowance (AAH)

      You are entitled to paid C2S if you:

      • Live alone and without dependent children
      • Have not exercised a professional activity in the 3 months preceding the date of application for the C2S
      • Receive the maximum amount of AAH or you receive it in addition to a disability pension, a retirement pension or an accident at work pension - occupational disease. 

      Specific solidarity allowance (ASS)

      Since 1er July 2026, where theASS If you live alone without dependent children, your health insurance fund systematically offers you the C2S for a fee.

      Thus, France Travail transmits every month to Cnam and the Caisse centrale de la MSA: titleContent the identity of the persons concerned.

      Health insurance organizations inform you directly of your presumed eligibility for C2S. To access this device, you do not have to declare your income.

      Youth Employment Contract Allowance (ACEJ)

      Since 1er July 2026, when the ACEJ is allocated to you and you constitute a tax-free household or are attached to such a household, your health insurance fund systematically offers you the C2S for a fee.

      Thus, France Travail transmits every month to Cnam and the Caisse centrale de la MSA: titleContent the identity of the persons concerned.

      Health insurance organizations inform you directly of your presumed eligibility for C2S. To access this device, you do not have to declare your income.

      The rules differ depending on whether it is a 1re request or not.

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      1st request

      Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity (C2S) will be free or paid (with participation).

      If your income do not exceed the annual ceiling indicated, the C2S is free of charge  :

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S

      Number of persons at home

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €10,421

      2 people

      €15,632

      3 people

      €18,758

      4 people

      €21,885

      Per person in +

      €4,169

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for the allocation of C2S fee-paying

      Number of persons at home

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      Enter €10,421 and €14,069

      2 people

      Enter €15,632 and €21,103

      3 people

      Enter €18,758 and €25,324

      4 people

      Enter €21,885 and €29,544

      Per additional person

      €5,628

      The resources taken into account are those received over a 12-month period. This period goes from the 13the month until 2e calendar month preceding the month of application.

      Example :

      You applied on February 15, 2026. The month of application is therefore February. The period taken into account (between 13e and 2e month before) is therefore the period from 1er January 2025 to December 31, 2025.

      If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings account, term account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax assessment.

      If you perceive a housing assistance, one lump sum is added to your resources.

      This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      €156.41

      3 or +

      €193.55

      If you are hosted for free or owner of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      136.86

      3 or +

      164.23

      Renewal of the application

      You must meet the same conditions related to the resource conditions as when you 1st request.

      If your income do not exceed the annual ceiling indicated, the C2S is free of charge  :

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S

      Number of persons at home

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €10,421

      2 people

      €15,632

      3 people

      €18,758

      4 people

      €21,885

      Per person in +

      €4,169

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for the allocation of C2S fee-paying

      Number of persons at home

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      Enter €10,421 and €14,069

      2 people

      Enter €15,632 and €21,103

      3 people

      Enter €18,758 and €25,324

      4 people

      Enter €21,885and €29,544

      Per additional person

      €5,628

      You have to distinguish according to whether or not you have French nationality.

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      You are 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 as part of 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.

      If you are a French national living abroad, you can apply to be supported by C2S if you meet the following conditions:

      • You have the right to the Puma
      • You receive care in France
      • Your resources are below the ceiling.

      You are a foreigner

      You have to distinguish according to the length of time you have been in France.

      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 state medical aid (AME).

      In France 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 do an internship in France under cooperation agreements or you are enrolled in a vocational training internship 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 state medical aid (AME).

      One simulator allows you to know if you can benefit from the complementary health solidarity:

      Estimate your rights to solidarity-based complementary health care

      The request is made online or by mail. It can be done by proxy.

      Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

      Online

      You can apply online through your ameli account.

      Request for solidarity complementary health

      You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:

      • Tax or tax filing notice (Asdir)
      • Property Tax Notice
      • Notice of Local Housing Tax
      • If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of tax and social situation of each country concerned
      • If you are an RSA applicant: Certificate of Resources provided by Caf or MSA.

      Additional information may be requested during the examination of your file.

      When you make a RSA request, the bodies responsible for examining your application shall take the necessary steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose this approach.

      By post

      You must fill in the cerfa form n°12504 and send it to your health insurance body.

      Request for solidarity complementary health

      You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:

      • Tax or tax filing notice (Asdir)
      • Property Tax Notice
      • Notice of Local Housing Tax
      • If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of tax and social situation of each country concerned
      • If you are an RSA applicant: Certificate of Resources provided by Caf or MSA.

      Additional information may be requested during the examination of your file.

      When you make a RSA request, the bodies responsible for examining your application shall take the necessary steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose this approach.

      By proxy

      You have to distinguish between whether or not you have an Ameli account.

      Ameli Account

      If you cannot move, it is possible to give a power of attorney to an adult.

      He will thus be able to carry out in your place the process in one of the reception points.

      This power of attorney is made by logging into your Ameli account:

      Ameli: make a power of attorney

      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:

      • Power of Attorney dated and signed by you
      • His ID
      • Copy of your identity document (national identity card, passport).

      Please note

      you can terminate this power of attorney at any time by going to your Ameli account.

      No Ameli account

      You fill out a written document giving power of attorney to a third party, specifying their identity. You date and sign this document.

      Your representative will have to present himself at one of the reception points with the following documents:

      • Power of Attorney Document
      • Copy of your identity document (national identity card or passport)
      • His own ID.

      Your health insurance body give you his decision no later than 2 months after receiving your application. If you do not receive a response for more than 2 months after your request, your request is accepted.

      The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you must pay to benefit from the solidarity complementary health.

      If you have received a refusal, you can challenge it. You have 2 months, from the day you received the refusal (notification) to apply to the Amicable Appeals Board (AMC).

      Free C2S should be distinguished from paid C2S.

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      Free C2S

      Complementary health solidarity free of charge hard 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of entitlement.

      This period is renewable.

      Paid C2S

      Complementary health solidarity fee-paying hard 1 year. This duration is renewable.

      The validity period starts on 1er day of the month after you send the necessary elements to pay the participation that your health insurance organization asks you. You have 3 months to send these documents.

      If you do not pay the amount due to benefit from the solidarity complementary health insurance, you will no longer be entitled to it, temporarily.

      The answer is not the same depending on the situation.

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      General scenario

      Yes, you must renew the complementary health solidarity (free or paid) every year.

      You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (the deadline) indicated on the certificate. You must apply for renewal in the same way as 1re request and attach all requested documents.

      RSA beneficiary

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      Beneficiary of Aspa

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      Beneficiary of Asi

      Renewal is automatic.

      Beneficiary of AAH

      If your situation has not changed at the time of renewal, your entitlement is automatically renewed for 1 year.

      Alsace-Moselle

      If you have low resources , the complementary health solidarity helps you for your health expenditure.

      Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of Social Security rates.

      Warning  

      Without this help, you have to pay the complementary part, that is to say which is not reimbursed by the Health Insurance.

      In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:

      • No fee overruns
      • In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily fee. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
      • No medical deductible or flat-rate contribution of €2 payable
      • Third-party payment : you do not have to advance medical expenses on medical rates if you respect your care path. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
      • Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
      • Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as a cane, one wheelchair or dressings
      • Discounts on your train tickets depending on the region (if you have the free solidarity health supplement).

      Example :

      At the pharmacy, you do not advance money for your medications.

      To obtain the complementary health solidarity, your income must not exceed a certain amount.

      Complementary health is supportive free or paid depending on your income level.

      Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

      (RSA)

      If you receive the RSA, you are entitled to the supplementary solidarity health insurance free of charge. This assignment is automatic unless you object.

      Supplementary disability allowance, Asi

      Since 1er July 2024, where theAsi You are assigned, your health insurance fund systematically offers paid C2S. This proposal is made by mail.

      That presumption does not apply if the holder of the Asi and, where applicable, his or her spouse, common-law partner or partner to whom he or she is Civil partnerships: titleContent, has been employed or self-employed during the 3 calendar months prior to the submission of their application for supplementary solidarity health insurance.

      Solidarity allowance for elderly people (Aspa)

      You and your spouse have easy access to paid C2S provided that you have not worked in the 3 months preceding your C2S application.

      Disabled adults' allowance (AAH)

      You are entitled to paid C2S if you:

      • Live alone and without dependent children
      • Have not exercised a professional activity in the 3 months preceding the date of application for the C2S
      • Receive the maximum amount of AAH or you receive it in addition to a disability pension, a retirement pension or an accident at work pension - occupational disease. 

      Specific solidarity allowance (ASS)

      Since 1er July 2026, where theASS If you live alone without dependent children, your health insurance fund systematically offers you the C2S for a fee.

      Thus, France Travail transmits every month to Cnam and the Caisse centrale de la MSA: titleContent the identity of the persons concerned.

      Health insurance organizations inform you directly of your presumed eligibility for C2S. To access this device, you do not have to declare your income.

      Youth Employment Contract Allowance (ACEJ)

      Since 1er July 2026, when the ACEJ is allocated to you and you constitute a tax-free household or are attached to such a household, your health insurance fund systematically offers you the C2S for a fee.

      Thus, France Travail transmits every month to Cnam and the Caisse centrale de la MSA: titleContent the identity of the persons concerned.

      Health insurance organizations inform you directly of your presumed eligibility for C2S. To access this device, you do not have to declare your income.

      The rules differ depending on whether it is a 1re request or not.

      Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

      1st request

      Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).

      She is free of charge if your income does not exceed the following resource limit:

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S

      Composition of the hearth

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €10,421

      2 people

      €15,632

      3 people

      €18,758

      4 people

      €21,885

      Per person in +

      €4,169

      If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings account, term account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax assessment.

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for the allocation of C2S with financial participation

      Foyer

      Number of people

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      Enter €10,421 and €14,069

      2 people

      Enter €15,632 and €21,103

      3 people

      Enter €18,758 and €25,324

      4 people

      Enter €21,885and €29,544

      Per additional person

      €5,628

      The resources taken into account are those received during the 12 months preceding the application.

      If you perceive a housing assistance, one lump sum is added to your resources.

      This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      €156.41

      3 or +

      €193.55

      If you are hosted for free or owner of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      136.86

      3 or +

      164.23

      Renewal of the application

      You must meet the same conditions related to the resource conditions as when you 1st request.

      If your income do not exceed the annual ceiling indicated, the C2S is free of charge  :

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S

      Number of persons at home

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €10,421

      2 people

      €15,632

      3 people

      €18,758

      4 people

      €21,885

      Per person in +

      €4,169

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for the allocation of C2S fee-paying

      Number of persons at home

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      Enter €10,421 and €14,069

      2 people

      Enter €15,632 and €21,103

      3 people

      Enter €18,758 and €25,324

      4 people

      Enter €21,885and €29,544

      Per additional person

      €5,628

      You have to distinguish according to whether or not you have French nationality.

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      You are 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 as part of 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.

      If you are a French national living abroad, you can apply to be supported by C2S if you meet the following conditions:

      • You have the right to the Puma
      • You receive care in France
      • Your resources are below the ceiling.

      You are a foreigner

      You have to distinguish according to the length of time you have been in France.

      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 state medical aid (AME).

      In France 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 do an internship in France under cooperation agreements or you are enrolled in a vocational training internship 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 state medical aid (AME).

      One simulator allows you to know if you can benefit from the complementary health solidarity:

      Estimate your rights to solidarity-based complementary health care

      The request is made online or by mail. It can be done by proxy.

      Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

      Online

      You can apply online to your Ameli account:

      Request for solidarity complementary health

      You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:

      • Tax or tax filing notice (Asdir)
      • Property Tax Notice
      • Notice of Local Housing Tax
      • If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of tax and social situation of each country concerned
      • If you are an RSA applicant: Certificate of Resources provided by Caf or MSA.

      Additional information may be requested during the examination of your file.

      When you make a RSA request, the bodies responsible for examining your application shall take the necessary steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose this approach.

      By post

      You must fill in the cerfa form n°12504 and send it to your health insurance body.

      Request for solidarity complementary health

      You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:

      • Tax or tax filing notice (Asdir)
      • Property Tax Notice
      • Notice of Local Housing Tax
      • If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of tax and social situation of each country concerned
      • If you are an RSA applicant: Certificate of Resources provided by Caf or MSA.

      Additional information may be requested during the examination of your file.

      When you make a RSA request, the bodies responsible for examining your application shall take the necessary steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose this approach.

      By proxy

      You have to distinguish between whether or not you have an Ameli account.

      Ameli Account

      If you cannot move, it is possible to give a power of attorney to an adult.

      He will thus be able to carry out in your place the process in one of the reception points.

      This power of attorney is made by logging into your Ameli account:

      Ameli: make a power of attorney

      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:

      • Power of Attorney dated and signed by you
      • His ID
      • Copy of your identity document (national identity card, passport).

      Please note

      you can terminate this power of attorney at any time by going to your Ameli account.

      No Ameli account

      You fill out a written document giving power of attorney to a third party, specifying their identity. You date and sign this document.

      Your representative will have to present himself at one of the reception points with the following documents:

      • Power of Attorney Document
      • Copy of your identity document (national identity card or passport)
      • His own ID.

      Your health insurance body give you its decision no later than 2 months after receiving your application. If you do not receive a response for more than 2 months after your request, your request is accepted.

      The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you must pay to benefit from the solidarity complementary health.

      You received a refusal. You can challenge it. You have 2 months, from the day you received the refusal (notification) to apply to the Amicable Appeals Board (AMC).

      Free C2S should be distinguished from paid C2S.

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      Free C2S

      Complementary health solidarity free of charge hard 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of entitlement.

      Paid C2S

      Complementary health solidarity fee-paying hard 1 year.

      The validity period starts on 1er the day of the month after you send the necessary elements to pay the participation that your health insurance organization asks you. You have 3 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.

      The answer is not the same depending on the situation.

      Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

      General scenario

      Yes, you must renew the complementary health solidarity (free or paid) every year.

      You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (the deadline) indicated on the certificate. You must apply for renewal in the same way as 1re request and attach all requested documents.

      RSA beneficiary

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      Beneficiary of Aspa

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      Beneficiary of Asi

      Renewal is automatic.

      Beneficiary of AAH

      If your situation has not changed at the time of renewal, your entitlement is automatically renewed for 1 year.

      French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion

      If you have low resources , the complementary health solidarity helps you for your health expenditure.

      Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of Social Security rates.

      Warning  

      Without this help, you have to pay the complementary part, that is to say which is not reimbursed by the Health Insurance.

      In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:

      • No fee overruns
      • In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily fee. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
      • No medical deductible or flat-rate contribution of €2 payable
      • Third-party payment : you do not have to advance medical expenses on medical rates if you respect your care path. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
      • Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
      • Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as a cane, one wheelchair or dressings
      • Discounts on your train tickets depending on the region (if you have the free solidarity health supplement).

      Example :

      At the pharmacy, you do not advance money for your medications.

      To obtain the complementary health solidarity, your income must not exceed a certain amount.

      Complementary health is supportive free or paid depending on your income level.

      Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

      (RSA)

      If you receive the RSA, you are entitled to the supplementary solidarity health insurance free of charge. This assignment is automatic unless you object.

      Supplementary disability allowance, Asi

      Since 1er July 2024, where theAsi You are assigned, your health insurance fund systematically offers paid C2S. This proposal is made by mail.

      That presumption does not apply if the holder of the Asi and, where applicable, his or her spouse, common-law partner or partner to whom he or she is Civil partnerships: titleContent, has been employed or self-employed during the 3 calendar months prior to the submission of their application for supplementary solidarity health insurance.

      Solidarity allowance for elderly people (Aspa)

      You and your spouse have easy access to paid C2S provided that you have not worked in the 3 months preceding your C2S application.

      Disabled adults' allowance (AAH)

      You are entitled to paid C2S if you:

      • Live alone and without dependent children
      • Have not exercised a professional activity in the 3 months preceding the date of application for the C2S
      • Receive the maximum amount of AAH or you receive it in addition to a disability pension, a retirement pension or an accident at work pension - occupational disease. 

      Specific solidarity allowance (ASS)

      Since 1er July 2026, where theASS If you live alone without dependent children, your health insurance fund systematically offers you the C2S for a fee.

      Thus, France Travail transmits every month to Cnam and the Caisse centrale de la MSA: titleContent the identity of the persons concerned.

      Health insurance organizations inform you directly of your presumed eligibility for C2S. To access this device, you do not have to declare your income.

      Youth Employment Contract Allowance (ACEJ)

      Since 1er July 2026, when the ACEJ is allocated to you and you constitute a tax-free household or are attached to such a household, your health insurance fund systematically offers you the C2S for a fee.

      Thus, France Travail transmits every month to Cnam and the Caisse centrale de la MSA: titleContent the identity of the persons concerned.

      Health insurance organizations inform you directly of your presumed eligibility for C2S. To access this device, you do not have to declare your income.

      The rules differ depending on whether it is a 1re request or not.

      FYI  

      The allocation of complementary health solidarity is automatic for children under 25s payable by beneficiaries of the active solidarity income (RSA). This right is automatically renewed after a period of one year.

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      1st request

      Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).

      She is free of charge if your income does not exceed the following annual resource limit:

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S

      Composition of the hearth

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €11,599

      2 people

      €17,398

      3 people

      €20,878

      4 people

      €24,358

      Per person in +

      €4,640

      If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings account, term account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax assessment.

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for the allocation of C2S with financial participation

      Foyer

      Number of people

      Annual resource cap

      DOM

      1 person

      Enter €11,599 and €15,659

      2 people

      Enter €17,398 and €23,488

      3 people

      Enter €20,878 and €28,185

      4 people

      Enter €24,358 and €32,883

      Per additional person

      €6,263

      The resources taken into account are those received during the 12 months preceding the application.

      If you perceive a housing assistance, one lump sum is added to your resources.

      This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      €156.41

      3 or +

      €193.55

      If you are hosted for free or owner of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      136.86

      3 or +

      164.23

      Renewal of the application

      You must meet the same conditions as the first application

      Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).

      She is free of charge if your income does not exceed the following annual resource limit:

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S

      Composition of the hearth

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €11,599

      2 people

      €17,398

      3 people

      €20,878

      4 people

      €24,358

      Per person in +

      €4,640

      If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings account, term account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax assessment.

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for the allocation of C2S with financial participation

      Foyer

      Number of people

      Annual resource cap

      DOM

      1 person

      Enter €11,599 and €15,659

      2 people

      Enter €17,398 and €23,488

      3 people

      Enter €20,878 and €28,185

      4 people

      Enter €24,358 and €32,883

      Per additional person

      €6,263

      The resources taken into account are those received during the 12 months preceding the application.

      If you perceive a housing assistance, one lump sum is added to your resources.

      This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      €156.41

      3 or +

      €193.55

      If you are hosted for free or owner of your accommodation, a lump sum is added to your resources. This package depends on the number of people at home.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of homemakers

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €78.20

      2

      136.86

      3 or +

      164.23

      You have to distinguish according to whether or not you have French nationality.

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      You are 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 as part of 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.

      If you are a French national living abroad, you can apply to be supported by C2S if you meet the following conditions:

      • You have the right to the Puma
      • You receive care in France
      • Your resources are below the ceiling.

      You are a foreigner

      You have to distinguish according to the length of time you have been in France.

      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 state medical aid (AME).

      In France 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 do an internship in France under cooperation agreements or you are enrolled in a vocational training internship 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 state medical aid (AME).

      One simulator allows you to know if you can benefit from the complementary health solidarity:

      Estimate your rights to solidarity-based complementary health care

      The request is made online or by mail. It can be done by proxy.

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      Online

      You can apply online to your Ameli account:

      Request for solidarity complementary health

      You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:

      • Tax or tax filing notice (Asdir)
      • Property Tax Notice
      • Notice of Local Housing Tax
      • If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of tax and social situation of each country concerned
      • If you are an RSA applicant: Certificate of Resources provided by Caf or MSA.

      Additional information may be requested during the examination of your file.

      When you make a RSA request, the bodies responsible for examining your application shall take the necessary steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose this approach.

      By post

      You must fill in the cerfa form n°12504 and send it to your health insurance body.

      Request for solidarity complementary health

      You will be able to securely deposit the requested documents:

      • Tax or tax filing notice (Asdir)
      • Property Tax Notice
      • Notice of Local Housing Tax
      • If you have lived abroad in the last 12 months: proof of tax and social situation of each country concerned
      • If you are an RSA applicant: Certificate of Resources provided by Caf or MSA.

      Additional information may be requested during the examination of your file.

      When you make a RSA request, the bodies responsible for examining your application shall take the necessary steps to grant you additional protection. You can oppose this approach.

      By proxy

      You have to distinguish between whether or not you have an Ameli account.

      Ameli Account

      If you cannot move, it is possible to give a power of attorney to an adult.

      He will thus be able to carry out in your place the process in one of the reception points.

      This power of attorney is made by logging into your Ameli account:

      Ameli: make a power of attorney

      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:

      • Power of Attorney dated and signed by you
      • His ID
      • Copy of your identity document (national identity card, passport).

      Please note

      you can terminate this power of attorney at any time by going to your Ameli account.

      No Ameli account

      You fill out a written document giving power of attorney to a third party, specifying their identity. You date and sign this document.

      Your representative will have to present himself at one of the reception points with the following documents:

      • Power of Attorney Document
      • Copy of your identity document (national identity card or passport)
      • His own ID.

      Your health insurance body give you its decision no later than 2 months after receiving your application. If you do not receive a response for more than 2 months after your request, your request is accepted.

      The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you must pay to benefit from the solidarity complementary health.

      You have received a refusal but you think you meet the conditions to have complementary health solidarity?

      You have 2 months, from the day you received the refusal (notification) to apply to the Amicable Appeals Board (AMC).

      A distinction must be made between free C2S and paid C2S.

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      Free C2S

      Complementary health solidarity free of charge lasts for 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of entitlement.

      Paid C2S

      Complementary health solidarity  fee-paying lasts 1 year.

      The validity period starts on 1er the day of the month after you send the necessary elements to pay the participation that your health insurance organization asks you. You have 3 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.

      The answer is not the same depending on the situation.

      General scenario

      Yes, you must renew the complementary health solidarity (free or paid) every year.

      You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (the deadline) indicated on the certificate. You must apply for renewal in the same way as the 1st application and attach all requested documents.

      RSA beneficiary

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      Beneficiary of Aspa

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      Beneficiary of Asi

      Renewal is automatic.

      Beneficiary of AAH

      If your situation has not changed at the time of renewal, your entitlement is automatically renewed for 1 year.

      Mayotte

      If you have low resources , the complementary health solidarity helps you for your health expenditure.

      Thanks to the solidarity health supplement, your health expenses are reimbursed in full, within the limits of Social Security rates.

      Warning  

      Without this help, you have to pay the complementary part, that is to say which is not reimbursed by the Health Insurance.

      In addition to financial assistance, you are entitled to other benefits:

      • No fee overruns
      • In case of hospitalization, reimbursement of daily fee. This is the daily amount you normally have to pay for accommodation and food
      • No medical deductible or flat-rate contribution of €2 payable
      • Third-party payment : you do not have to advance medical expenses on medical rates if you respect your care pathway. This means going through your doctor first before going to see a specialist
      • At the pharmacy, you do not advance money for your medications
      • Reimbursement packages for prostheses dental, glasses, aid auditory
      • Reimbursement packages for medical devices such as cane, one wheelchair or dressings.

      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 supplementary solidarity health insurance without any additional steps on your part.

      The allocation of the supplementary solidarity health insurance is automatic for those under 25 years of age who are covered by the active solidarity income (RSA). This right is automatically renewed after a period of one year.

      A distinction must be made according to whether or not you were a beneficiary of the user fee exemption on December 31, 2023.

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      New request

      Depending on your income, the complementary health solidarity will be free or paid (with participation).

      She is free of charge if your income does not exceed the following table:

      Tableau - Resource cap for the allocation of free C2S from 1er april 2026

      Composition of the hearth

      Annual resource cap

      1 person

      €11,599

      2 people

      €17,398

      3 people

      €20,878

      4 people

      €24,358

      Per person in +

      €4,640

      If you have income from investments subject to income tax (savings account, bank savings account, term account, Perp...), the income taken into account is that of the last known tax assessment.

      She is fee-paying if your income is within the following range:

      Tableau - Resource ceiling for C2S allocation with financial contribution from 1er april 2026

      Foyer

      Number of people

      Annual resource cap

      DOM

      1 person

      Enter €11,599 and €15,659

      2 people

      Enter €17,398 and €23,488

      3 people

      Enter €20,878 and €28,185

      4 people

      Enter €24,358 and €32,883

      Per additional person

      €6,263

      The resources taken into account are those received during the 12 months preceding the application.

      For the beneficiaries of thecustomized Accommodation support (APL), a housing package is added to the income.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of people at home from 1er april 2026

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €39.10

      2

      €78.20

      3 or +

      €96.78

      The same applies to persons occupying a dwelling in free title or owners.

      Tableau - Housing package according to the number of people at home from 1er april 2025

      Number of persons at home

      Housing package

      1

      €39.10

      2

      €68.43

      3 or +

      €82.12

      The age taken into account is the age at 1er January of the year in which the right to supplementary health insurance is granted.

      Tableau - Financial contribution of the insured

      Age at 1er January of the C2S award year

      Monthly amount

      of the financial contribution

      29 years and under

      €8

      From 30 to 49 years

      €14

      From 50 to 59 years

      €21

      From 60 to 69 years

      €25

      70 years of age and older

      €30

      You were the beneficiary of the user fee exemption on December 31, 2023

      You were automatically switched to C2S on 1er January 2024.

      Since the C2S is awarded for a period of 12 months, you will then have to apply for renewal with the Mayotte Social Security Fund (CSSM). This request is made 2 months before the end of your C2S entitlement to continue to benefit from it without interruption. This request is made via the C2S form.

      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 as part of 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.

      The application is made to the Social Security Fund of Mayotte (CSSM).

      In the form you have the possibility to choose between a management of your C2S right by the CSSM or by a complementary body (mutual, insurer, provident institute) authorized to manage this right.

      Complementary Solidarity Health Application (Mayotte)

      The response is sent to you no later than 2 months after your request.

      The decision tells you, if necessary, the amount you must pay to benefit from the solidarity complementary health.

      You have received a refusal but you think you meet the conditions to have complementary health solidarity?

      You have 2 months, from the day you received the refusal to contest with the amicable appeal board.

      Free C2S should be distinguished from paid C2S.

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      Free C2S

      Complementary health solidarity free of charge lasts for 1 year from the date indicated on the certificate of entitlement.

      Paid C2S

      Complementary health solidarity fee-paying lasts 1 year.

      The validity period starts on 1er day of the month after you send the necessary elements to pay the participation that your health insurance organization (or your complementary organization if you have chosen the management of your C2S by a mutual or an insurer).

      You have 3 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.

      The answer is not the same depending on the situation.

      General scenario

      Yes, you must renew the complementary health solidarity (free or paid) every year.

      You must apply for renewal between 4 and 2 months before the end date (the deadline) indicated on the certificate.

      You must apply for renewal in the same way as the first application and attach all the requested documents.

      You perceive the RSA

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      You perceive the Aspa

      Renewal is automatic: you have nothing to do.

      You receive the AAH

      If your situation has not changed at the time of renewal, your entitlement is automatically renewed for 1 year.

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