04/27/2016.
In a draft report on “ oral care “, The Court of Auditors draws up a report” overwhelming »Management of the sector by health professionals. And to point the finger at the ” bankruptcy of public policies vis-à-vis professionals “.
Lack of transparency in the sector
In recent weeks, the Court of Auditors has taken an interest in the management of dental care. And his observation is ” overwhelming “. According to the draft report, that Le Figaro was able to consult, the state of oral health ” poor »Of the French population could be explained by the ” disengagement “Of the public authorities, the” lack of transparency in the sector “, but also ” the indigence of the controls of the profession “.
In the viewfinder of the Court of Auditors: the increase in excess fees for practitioners during the last years. Fee overruns which would represent half of the income of dental surgeons and which would be much too high, according to the judges of the rue Cambon, and responsible for the refusal of certain patients to go for treatment.
Dentists respond
For the Court of Auditors, the system should be overhauled in depth. Health insurance, which reimburses increasingly high prices, should fully cover basic care. As for heavier care, such as the installation of dental prostheses, they should be covered by mutual funds. Currently, 33% of oral and dental expenses are covered by Social Security, 39% by mutual funds and the rest is the responsibility of the patient.
For Jacques Le Voyer, vice-president of the UJCD-Dental Union, the Court of Auditors “ is right about a number of things “. ” She denounces a perverse system that the profession no longer wants “, He estimated at the microphone ofRMC. According to him, the system should indeed be redesigned, to allow the most disadvantaged people not to give up going to the dentist because of the price consultation.
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