June 1, 2016.

The price of the consultation with the general practitioner could well go from 23 to 25 €. In any case, this is what Health Insurance should offer, Wednesday 1^er June, as part of negotiations with liberal doctors.

Align the consultation price with that of specialists

Health Insurance would consider increasing the general practitioner consultation fee from 23 to 25 €. Concretely, it will be ” implement an increase that will allow general practitioners in sector 1 and sector 2 adhering to the access to care contract to benefit from a consultation value equivalent to that of other specialists », Explains Medicare in a document that will be presented on Wednesday 1^er June, to the doctors’ unions and that Le Figaro was able to get hold of.

But this increase in the price of the consultation will not be without effect, since the cost of this measure has been established between 569 and 737 million euros per year, by Health Insurance, which did not provide further information on a possible timetable for the implementation of such a reform.

A hypothesis not yet final

At this time, the Health Insurance wished to recall that this measure was by no means final and that a ” overall balance Financial had to be found. ” The scenarios on the valuation of the basic consultation do not at this stage constitute a firm proposal. “, Note the authors of the document. ButIf this valuation is adopted, it will not be compatible with the desire of the unions to establish a ” significantly increased price for long and complex consultations “.

The Health Insurance and the Confederation of French Medical Unions (CSMF) are currently negotiating the future medical agreement, which will condition the relations between the two parties for five years and will fix the fees of the practitioners. This negotiation, opened on Wednesday February 24, should last about six months.

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