In a study published last June, the UFC – Que Choisir analyzed, municipality by municipality, the medical offer available to the French. “The finding is clear: 14.6 million people live in an area where there is a lack of general practitioners (less than 30 minutes from home), and this number ranges between 17.7 and 21.1 million for the three specialties examined (ophthalmologists, gynecologists and pediatricians), this time taking into account the offer up to 45 minutes from home “ underlines the association of consumers. “And our study has shown that no department is spared by desertification” she insists.
The various financial incentives taken by the public authorities since 2005 have had little effect and have hardly reduced the medical deserts. “One, called the demography option, was perceived at 90% by doctors already installed, and not by newcomers. The other, called the territorial solidarity health option, was chosen in 5 years by … 28 doctors . Proof that these measures have not met their audience “underlines the UFC-Que Choisir in a press release.
Also, while the deputies are preparing to examine in session an amendment to the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS), establishing a condition for the agreement of new doctors in areas already largely endowed (this installation would only be possible ” in case of cessation of activity of a previously installed doctor), the association calls on the deputies by asking them “not to give in to the pressure of the medical lobbies and to confirm in session the vote of this essential measure to finally bridge the health divide”.
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