As the daily recalls The echoesnext September, the director general of the National Health Insurance Fund must open with the unions of dental surgeons the construction of their new medical convention.
The Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Marisol Touraine, has therefore sent her roadmap, asking the Health Insurance to act on the prices of dentists in order to “reduce the rest of the household charge for dental care by limiting fee overruns from 2017”.
Improve information on pricing practices
For this, the Minister recommends upgrading the “activities responding to public health needs” but also to improve “information for patients on the pricing practices of dental surgeons”.
Marisol Touraine also wants a cap on overruns for prostheses and orthodontic care for the million beneficiaries of aid for the acquisition of complementary health insurance.
Finally, in her roadmap, the Minister wishes to strengthen prevention actions, in particular for children and pregnant women.
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