Medical consultations: the remaining amount to be paid by the insured will increase to 2 euros from May 15

Soon two euros unpaid at the doctor’s office: the doubling of the fixed contribution for medical consultations (the rest will be paid by the insured) will come into effect from May 15, and not in June, as was initially mentioned, we heard from the health insurance.

Faced with worsening Social Security accounts, the government decided in January to make patients pay a little more by increasing the unreimbursed portion of health insurance and supplementary health insurance.

The first part of the measure entered into force on March 31: “Medical Franchise” doubled. The socially insured pay one euro per box of medicine or paramedical procedure, compared to the previous 50 cents, and four euros instead of two for medical transport.

Savings up to 800 million per year

doubling of “Flat Rate Participation”This remaining responsibility of the insured for medical consultations, radiological and biological examinations was initially announced around June. It will finally go into effect on May 15, the health insurer told Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming the report. Parisian. From that date, the remaining cost of these services will be two euros compared to one euro today. According to the Ministry of Health, these measures should allow social security funds to save 800 million euros per year.

In case of accumulation of procedures on the same day, the amount cannot exceed the remaining obligation per day of four euros for medical procedures and eight euros for medical transport.

To ensure that people who need the most care are not penalized, two annual ceilings – one for the deductible, the other for fixed contributions – are maintained at €50 each.

Excesses and one-off payments do not apply to minors, women on maternity leave and beneficiaries of supplementary solidarity health insurance (C2S), the latter having particularly modest incomes.