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Health: a consultation with the doctor could soon cost 30 euros
Health: a consultation with the doctor could soon cost 30 euros – (franceinfo)
Demanded by doctors’ unions, the increase in consultation could see the light of day in the coming months. It would go from 26.50 euros to 30 euros. But Social Security wants compensation in exchange for this increase.
After weeks of negotiations with the Primary Health Insurance Fund, will the doctors win their case? Their consultations should be increased and could go, in a few months, from 26.50 euros to 30 euros. The increase, demanded by doctors’ unions, is welcomed with understanding, but also with vigilance, by patients. “If we always get the same refund, for me it doesn’t change anything“, assures a man.
Compensation claimed by Social Security
The increase would not come into force before the end of 2024, which does not satisfy a general practitioner who has been established for 33 years. In exchange for this increase, Social Security requires compensation from doctors: accepting more patients with long-term illnesses, strengthening prevention, particularly cancer screenings, and making better prescriptions, with fewer antibiotics. Doctors would also have to do more on-call duty, which is a source of tension.
