2024-04-16 18:09:05
Soon 2 euros not reimbursed at the doctor: the doubling of the fixed contribution (the rest payable by the insured) on medical consultations will come into force on May 15, and not in June as initially mentioned, we learned from health insurance.
To combat the deterioration of Social Security accounts, the government decided, in January, to make patients pay more, by increasing the portion not reimbursed by Health Insurance and supplementary health insurance.
A first part of the measure came into force on March 31: the “medical franchise” Doubled. Socially insured people pay 1 euro out of their pocket for each box of medicine or paramedical procedure, compared to 50 cents previously, and 4 euros per medical transport instead of 2.
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Up to 800 million savings per year
In the event of accumulation of procedures in the same day, the amount cannot, however, exceed 4 euros of remaining liability per day for medical procedures and 8 euros for medical transport.
So that the people with the greatest need for care are not penalized, the two annual ceilings – one for deductibles, the other for fixed contributions – are maintained at 50 euros each.
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Deductibles and flat-rate reimbursements are not applicable to minors, women on maternity leave and beneficiaries of complementary solidarity health insurance (C2S), the latter having particularly modest incomes.
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