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“Today, the French are concerned about purchasing power,” recognizes this Sunday the Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, guest on France 3. This is why he seeks to reassure them about a possible increase in the price of medicine boxes. In Le Parisien, Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday that he wanted to “change the franchise to one euro”, created by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008 and which has since risen to 50 cents per box.
If Aurélien Rousseau spoke in September of “probably a doubling” of this deductible, he then wanted a ceiling to be maintained at 50 euros per year per insured. This Sunday, he recalls that this choice “has not yet been arbitrated” and that he will discuss it “in the coming weeks”. According to his calculations, the increase in the deductible would represent 17 euros per year and per person. “No, health will not cost more for our fellow citizens,” he assured.
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The Minister of Health also mentioned the price increases planned by mutual insurance companies next year, of around 8 to 10%. “This is not sustainable,” he said. If he sees the mutual groups “in a few days”, Aurélien Rousseau would rather accept an increase contained between 4 and 6%, far from the 10% desired by the companies. “It’s not possible,” he added, “it must not cause the French to lose purchasing power.”
Concerning the shortages of medicines, the minister wanted to recall “that we have stocks on national soil but that there is deregulation with stocks which are not in the right place”. “Last year, there were real shortages so, rationally, each player stocked up at their own level,” explained Aurélien Rousseau. But he reminds us that “no one should stock up” to avoid supply tensions which cause shortages. Among the drugs concerned, there are in particular “those with innovative molecules” and not generics. “It’s getting better,” he tried to reassure. The Minister of Health is now waiting to see how the situation develops “within ten days”.
