Die medizinische Versorgung von Menschen ohne regulären Aufenthaltsstatus im französischen Gesundheitssystem

According to the Index for Integration Policy in Europe (MIPEX), France is one of the countries with the most favorable health rights for migrants. The main reason for this is the historically developed social assistance benefit Aide médicale de l'État (AME), the concept and implementation of which is described based on a literature review. The AME is exemplary for addressing the question of what might be an appropriate use of national social benefits for the inclusion of people without regular residence status in health care. Even though the assistance tends to be increasingly restricted, compared to the situation in Germany, it represents a nationally established option for the provision of health care to people without regular residence status.