Primary from the right: the health proposals of the 3 favorites

A poll shows that the French want health to be a major element of the presidential election. But this theme was not mentioned during the three debates of the primary of the right.

The first round of the ballot is in the process of taking place, but doctors and patients are still straining their hearts. While the subject of Health was on the program of the third and last televised debate of the primary of the right and the center Thursday evening, it was finally dismissed. Journalists on the set simply preferred other questions, such as those on the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron or the recent election of Donald Trump.

In a press release, the Union of Liberal Doctors (SML) does not hide its disappointment: “it was not until the last third of the program that two mentions were made there in the course of conversations relating to the RSA, the minimum wage and social allowances. .. “

“Our most precious asset” for François Fillon

The union even recalls that we would have left it there, if François Fillon had not challenged David Pujadas, when moving on to free debate, so that health could be mentioned. But 22 seconds is the duration of his speech, the time to say, before being interrupted by the presenter of France 2, that he wanted a health policy “based on general practitioners, de-statized and giving more autonomy in (health) establishments ”. Long third in the polls, then first in a last one published a few hours before the ballot, the man from Sarthe recently confided to Why actor that “our health is our most precious possession”.

And to the question: “Should we make policyholders responsible for having a healthy lifestyle?” “, He was uncompromising:” Yes, and financial incentives are a lever “.
On the other hand, he assured that with him there would be no question of penalizing a person who has an addiction whether to tobacco, alcohol or other. “The answer is more medical than financial,” he concluded.

N. Sarkozy promotes individual responsibility

In thinking thus, the former Prime Minister differs from Nicolas Sarkozy. Also questioned by the editorial staff, the former President of the Republic believes that “prevention will be a priority objective in the years to come. To be effective, it intends to promote it through individual responsibility and through clearly defined priorities. If he is elected in 2017, he therefore promises that this will involve a new individual contract between each social insured, health insurance and his mutual. “The implementation of a lifelong prevention program meets this ambition. Everyone must be responsible for their health, ”he said. Smokers “addicts”, as he calls them, are warned …

Finally, like his opponents, Nicolas Sarkozy wants to remove the generalized third-party payment. In a speech given in September in Franconville (Val-d’Oise), he insisted that he wanted to “give back all its place to liberal medicine”. This requires, according to him, a revaluation of the remuneration of liberal doctors, especially in areas of medical desert. In addition, he pleads for the development of multidisciplinary centers, and the reduction of “red tape”. So many measures that should integrate “a large liberal medicine plan 2020” promised to practitioners.

Alain Juppé sets three major priority projects

Finally, favorite for months in the polls, Alain Juppé has written his “Health book”. Ambitious, the mayor of Bordeaux (Gironde) called it: “towards a new world”. When he answered our questions, he saw this new France without reimbursement depending on behavior: “otherwise, it’s the door open to all discrimination,” he said.

To change the situation and, above all, take action in terms of prevention, he promised to increase the resources devoted to it by 10% in five years. “I want to devote three major projects to major priorities: maternal health and that of children and young people, the fight against all addictions, and finally the links between health and the environment,” he said on our website.

And to get there, Alain Juppé wants something new, for example by changing the curriculum for health professionals and strengthening the role of the general practitioner as “prevention advice”. But health insurance must also get involved, he said. He ended with this commitment: “beyond the age of 50, each insured person will receive an invitation to consult their attending physician for a preventive medical consultation”. Answer this Sunday evening to see which of the three favorites is the most convinced …