Paris (AFP)
The prices of complementary health care are up "massively" in 2020, affirms Wednesday the association of consumers UFC-Que Choisir, which points "a median inflation of 5%" and claims the implementation "as soon as possible" of the termination "anytime" contracts.
This "soaring prices" is accompanied by "very marked differences", said in a press release the UFC-Que Choisir, which analyzed "nearly 500 contracts (...) from 86 different organizations.
If half of the contracts show a rate increase of more than 5%, the trend is clearly higher for those insured with Swiss Life (+ 12%) or Apicil (+ 10.7%) and more moderate for those with Macif (+ 2.7%) or Mutual General (+ 3.2%).
"The differences in practice between professionals are gaping", although they "know the same environment", observes the consumer association, which adds that prices are increasing "more than in 2019", when it noted an increase in 4%.
This coincides with the entry into force since January 1 of "100% Health" for optics and certain dental care, now better reimbursed. But the government has long assured that its reform should have no effect on the prices of top-ups.
Whatever the cause, this "galloping inflation" justifies for the UFC-Que Choisir to anticipate the termination "at any time" of the contracts, scheduled no later than December 1.
"Obtained hard" last year in Parliament, this measure supposed to cause "lower prices" via "revived competition" must be applied "without delay," said the association, which asked the Minister of Health , Agnès Buzyn, "to publish the corresponding decree" as soon as possible.
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