Visiting the Marie-Lannelongue hospital in Plessis-Robinson, François Fillon clarified his plan to reform health insurance. He no longer intends to distinguish the big and the small risk.
Since the announcement of his health program, François Fillon has been the target of attacks from all sides. The right-wing candidate is notably accused of wanting to privatize Social Security by bringing in private insurers in the management of health insurance. Faced with attacks from the opposition and requests for clarification from his own camp, the former Prime Minister has just provided details.
During a speech delivered this Wednesday at the end of his visit to the Marie-Lannelongue surgical center in Plessis-Robinson (Hauts-de-Seine), the deputy for Paris declared: “No, at no time did I wanted or I would not like to “privatize the health insurance” “.
The official end of big and small risk
To definitively bury the controversy, the former Prime Minister continued: “No, I do not want to distinguish between large and small risk, but, yes, I say it, I want to better articulate the roles of health insurance and complementary health insurance. , because we know the financial challenges to come: including that of innovation and increasingly expensive drugs ”. “For that, I want to build a system associating upstream Social Security and complementary organizations, allowing them to better articulate their intervention”, he added. The offer on the basket of care (1) has even been withdrawn from its website.
In a platform at Figaro intended to clarify his proposals on the reform of health insurance published Monday evening, François Fillon explained that the regulatory and control agency that he wants to create will be responsible for “ensuring a management and thus arrive at a better management of the entire social protection system ”.
The 2017 Presidential will not be an easy health journey for the candidates. Especially since the French make this theme a major issue.
(1) On part III of François Fillon’s health proposals was written: “To ensure the sustainability of our health system, I propose to (…) focus universal public insurance on serious or long-term ailments ( big risk), and private insurance on the rest (small risk such as colds or mild patients). The less fortunate who cannot access private insurance will benefit from a special increased coverage regime ”.
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