While 10% of the French have renounced optical care, here is an announcement which should not reverse the trend. From April 2015, the reimbursement of glasses by mutuals will be regulated. A pair of single-lens glasses cannot be reimbursed for more than 470 euros. The ceiling for frames is set at 150 euros. For complex lenses, the limit for taking charge of glasses is 750 euros and 850 euros for those with very complex lenses. Mutuals will have until the end of 2017 to apply the decree.
The government said in December 2013 that it wanted to reduce the coverage of optical costs by mutuals, so that they participate in “the control of costs. Health expenses “. In a statement, the government justifies the aim of the maneuver by the desire to stem the inflationary spiral in optical prices: “The prices charged in terms of optics are increasingly high. The more the supplements reimburse, the more the prices increase (some distributors setting their prices on the coverage of costs by the supplements). Supplements); and the more the prices increase, the more the price of the supplements also increases “.
According to the Mutualità © française, which brings together 500 mutuals, nearly two million French people forgo optical care or postpone it for financial reasons. Currently, the supplements cover optical costs up to 68%. Households settle an average of 26%.
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