May 17, 2016.
According to a study conducted by the Elabe polling institute for RMC, more than 90% of French people want a ceiling on dentist prices.
How to reform our health system?
What are the most needed health reforms? For 92% of French people, it is the price cap at the dentist that appears to be the most urgent, according to a study conducted by the Elabe polling institute for RMC. Among people aged 65 and over, the share of favorable opinions even climbs to 97%. These results are not surprising, when we know that the average remaining burden for a patient can amount to more than 300 € for a prosthesis, as revealed by the association 60 million consumers in 2013.
Then comes the fact of sanction doctors who practice excess fees more than 50% above the Social Security threshold (88%) and the implementation of the sale of single drugs (83%).
Fighting the lack of general practitioners
In addition, 80% of those questioned consider that “ binding measures for fight against the lack of general practitioners in certain territories, for example by deconventionning »Practitioners who would settle in over-endowed areas.
Finally, 6 out of 10 French people oppose the establishment of ” a capped annual deductible (excluding hospitalization and long-term illnesses) ”, The amount of which would depend on patients’ income, as well as the increase in the tariff ” consultations at 30 € (instead of 23 € currently) to make the job of general practitioner more attractive “.
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