Care that is too expensive, excess fees, lack of transparency… The Court of Auditors’ provisional report on “them oral care“that has procured Le Figaro pin down dental surgeons. According to the daily, the Court of Auditors explains the state “poor“of oral health in France by a”disengagement“of the public authorities, a”lack of industry transparency” and by “the indigence of the controls of the profession“. The magistrates would therefore call for “profoundly reform the organization of oral care“.
2.6 billion euros remain the responsibility of patients
The fee overruns, which represent half the salary of dental surgeons, are prohibitive for one in five patients, who then forgo consultations and dental care. Indeed, according to Le Figarosocial security reimburses only “33% of the 10.6 billion euros“total oral expenses, and mutuals”about 39%“. As a result, more than 2.6 billion euros would remain payable by patients.
Better reimbursement for preventive and maintenance actions
The daily recalls that since 2006, three price increases have been granted to dental surgeons, which would have cost 160 million euros per year to social security, without allowing it to “contain the surge in excess fees“. While professionals continue to demand a new rate increase, the Court of Auditors would recommend several solutions to reform the sector. First of all, it would recommend “leave only complementary health insurance to reimburse heavy care (dental prosthesisetc.)“, so that social security can better reimburse the lighter acts of prevention and maintenance. It would also propose to impose more transparency on dental surgeons, in particular on the purchase price of dental prostheses. The final report of the Court of Auditors should be made public in September 2016.
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