This Wednesday, Nicolas Barré has good news: France is not so bad. The remaining burden of health care expenses has been so low.
On the one hand, there is the emergency strike which is prolonged and reflects a malaise in the hospital. On the other, this record, which shows that everything is not so bad: the French are the best reimbursed for their health.
Yes we hold the world record in this area and it is good to be aware of this: France is the country in the world where the rest of the burden for health expenditure is the lowest. It has reached its lowest level since Social Security exists. The French pay only 7% of their total health care expenses. These are figures from the Ministry of Health that policyholders, generally, ignore. On average, health costs 3.037 euros per year and French but we only pay 214 euros. No country in the world can claim such collective care.
A care taken for the most part by the Sécu
Yes, although mutuals have been generalized in companies, they only cover 13.4% of total expenses. The Sécu covers 78%, especially because a growing number of chronic diseases are supported 100%. The part of the expenses that remains the responsibility of the patients should fall further in the coming years with the implementation of the "zero charge rest" for dentures or hearing aids and optics.
France is more than ever at odds with the United States, where the left-wing Democratic candidates in the next presidential election, like Berny Sanders, demand only minimal health coverage for all. Far from what the French Secu.