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While the government wants to breathe new life into the hospital during this time of health crisis, some emergency room visits will now be chargeable.
It will now be necessary to get used to taking out the credit card after going to the emergency room. In fact, each visit to the emergency services not resulting in hospitalization will henceforth be chargeable. A remainder of 19.61 euros. One way for the government to remind people that emergencies are not free. For the French with a mutual, nothing changes. Those who have their vital card and their mutual insurance card will always have free care. This amount will therefore be applied to the 3 million French people who do not have a mutual insurance company.
This measure is not appreciated by all. This is the case of Professor Frédéric Adnet, head of the emergency department Samu-SMUR of the hospital Avicennes from Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) : “I have the impression that we are still trying to hit the most precarious “. Until now, patients without mutuals received an invoice a few weeks after their visits and often for an amount exceeding 20 euros. However on the 213 million euros of invoices sent, only 33% are recovered. If the government hopes to resolve the problem of unpaid debts, Doctor Christophe Prudhomme, spokesperson for the association of emergency physicians (AMUF) think it will add fuel to the fire.