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Health care and family benefit insurance

If you want to remain insured for health care and family benefit, you must meet the following requirements:

  • your official residence must be in Belgium
  • you must have been liable for insurance during the preceding period in the social status of self-employed persons (more specifically during the quarter in which the bankruptcy was pronounced and during the three preceding quarters, or during the quarter of suspension of the activity in case of obvious incapacity)
  • your contributions for the preceding period must be due because of your principal activity
  • you cannot exercise a professional activity
  • you cannot be in a position that allows you to protect your rights to a retirement pension
  • you cannot be entitled to an (inferred) right to pension benefits, family benefit and illness and disablement insurance on the basis of your activity or a former activity of your wife/husband