Patients treated for cancer will soon be able to benefit from wigs fully reimbursed by Social Security, up to 350 euros, said Friday the Ministry of Health. Full support "quality wigs will be allowed for some" hair prostheses, "with a refund rate that will be set at 350 euros, against 125 euros today," said the ministry.
"No rest charges" on wigs made of synthetic fibers. It will be called class 1 wigs (synthetic fibers), whose price is capped at 350 euros, according to a notice of proposed rate setting and selling price to the public, published Friday in the Official Journal. Class 2 wigs (at least 30% natural hair) will be capped at 700 euros, and reimbursed up to 250 euros. Tariff discussions with manufacturers "must be completed by the end of January," the ministry said, without specifying when these measures will come into effect. Patients "will now have a good quality wig fully reimbursed, with no dependents", rejoiced on its website RoseUp association, which defends the rights of women affected by cancer and carried this claim "for years. month".
To maintain the reimbursement of high-end wigs. The measure "goes beyond the commitments of the Cancer Plan which was to double the reimbursement of wigs," said the association. On the other hand, she worried about the fate of "more than 700 euros, which today represent a market share of less than 8%", hoping "the maintenance of the current reimbursement of 125 euros for women who wish to acquire a high-end wig ". According to RoseUp, these new repayments will be effective "at best on March 1 and more surely on April 1, 2019". In June, Health Minister Agnès Buzyn assured that the wigs would be better reimbursed, touting a measure she had herself "drafted" under the previous government while she chaired the National Cancer Institute.