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Health insurance fraud: is medical transport subject to abuse?
Health insurance fraud: is medical transport subject to abuse?
(France 2)
The government wants to track the explosion in sick leave but also medical transport, while social security takes care of the transport by ambulance and taxi of patients who must go to the hospital. But then, are there abuses?
In 2023, the cost of health transport service amounted to 5.5 billion euros for Health Insurance. A sum that is too large according to the government. In Soustons, in the Landes, Florian Deygas, suffering from multiple sclerosis, noticed abuse on the part of health transporters. By calling on a VSL (light medical vehicle) company, Florian Deygas was refused a ride, because “it’s not profitable enough” to make a short journey. By sharing his experience on the Internet, the Soustonnais has collected numerous testimonies like his.
The explosion of fraud
In 2023, Health Insurance noted 34 million euros of fraud in medical transport, three times more than the previous year. But social security estimates that the amount could rise to 240 million euros. Among these frauds are inflated mileages and many false journeys.
