“I am resurrected. » Maurice Schaffhauser smiles as he pronounces the expression but his exhaustion is real. This 67-year-old man, living in Wickerschwihr, a town near Colmar (Haut-Rhin), has just had a very complicated few months.
It all started with the death of his wife in mid-September. A grief to overcome… to which were then added unexpected problems. “I had already had problems with my Vitale card at the pharmacy and about two weeks after my wife’s death, I received a call from her pension fund where they told me that I was dead! “, he says. “I then passed the phone to my son who confirmed that I was indeed sitting next to him. »
Need a “life certificate”
The story could have ended there but the retiree then “had to prove [qu’il était] alive “. He went to the Primary Health Insurance Fund (CPAM), which blamed the hospital and a death certificate that was allegedly poorly written, made numerous phone calls, etc. “Fortunately, the mayor of the town helped me a lot,” appreciates Maurice Schaffhauser, who notably needed it to establish “a certificate of life”.
After more than two months of fighting, he finally sees the end of the tunnel. “I have just received my new Vitale card. I’m relieved because I was unwell. I had to advance all costs before being reimbursed. I have sedatives, I’m on antidepressants. I would have done without all that…”
The former delivery driver still doesn’t know where this original error came from. The CPAM du Haut-Rhin promised to “send a letter to this gentleman”, according to the Latest News from Alsace. “I will be able to mourn,” concludes Maurice Schaffhauser.
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