- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, president of Debout la France, said that coronavirus screening tests in city laboratories will cost 54 euros and will be reimbursed up to "70%".
- These tests cost 54 euros. They will be reimbursed up to 60%, confirm the Ministry of Health and Health Insurance. The remaining 40% will be covered by the mutuals.
How much will the coronavirus screening tests in city analysis laboratories cost? Since Sunday, the latter have been authorized to take samples to detect this disease. Only hospital laboratories were previously authorized to do so.
Monday, Nicolas Dupon-Aignan, deputy of Essonne and president of Debout la France, claimed 100% reimbursement of these tests. "Coronavirus screening tests cost 54 euros but are only reimbursed 70% by Social Security," he said on his Twitter account. In the midst of an epidemic, why not reimburse 100% of screenings? A little common sense, bureaucracy must not prevail over public health! "
#Coronavirus screening tests cost € 54 but are only reimbursed 70% by Social Security!
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Nicolas Dupont-Aignan's team specifies at 20 Minutes that the elected official relied on an article which appeared in Le Figaro on March 8, announcing this new possibility for city laboratories to carry out screening tests for coronavirus.
The Directorate General of Health, reporting to the Ministry of Health, and Health Insurance confirm to 20 Minutes that the cost of a test in these laboratories will amount to 54 euros. This will be reimbursed up to 60%, they assure. The remaining 40% will be covered by mutual insurance companies. 70 city laboratories across the country will be able to process these tests, according to the general management.
These tests will be “only by prescription”, underlines the general management. Only a doctor can issue a prescription for testing. The sample will be taken "at home". The health professional who will insure him "will wear a FFP2 type mask", specifies the general management. Tuesday, the union of biologists had denounced the lack of masks available to them.
The patient will not have to travel to get their results. These will be forwarded to the doctor who ordered the test, as well as to the health authorities if it turns out to be positive. More than 1,000 tests are carried out every day, assured the ministry on Tuesday.
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