US EditionIncreasingly, Doctors' Overruns of Fees Are a Contributing Factor to Worsening Inequalities, According to a Report By
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The High Council for the Future of Health Insurance found a growing practice among specialist doctors, alerting them to the risks of access to patient care but also to the provision of care.
The increase in the fees of medical specialists continues to be worrying, reaching €4.3 billion in 2024, according to a report by the High Council for the Future of Health Insurance (HCAAM). This increase is mainly due to the expansion of sector 2, which allows practitioners to set their fees freely. Since 2019, these exceedances increase by 5% per year in real terms, excluding inflation, and three quarters of young doctors now favour this secto…
The amount of fee overruns of liberal doctors has increased sharply since 2019 and the trend is expected to continue, warns the High Council for the Future of Health Insurance, in a report published on Thursday, October 2. This results in an ever higher burden for patients.
An outpatient room in Carcassonne, Aude, on October 15, 2024. ED JONES/AFP Technique, the issue of doctors' overpayments is still the subject of intense debate, in the ranks of practitioners as well as in patients. The very detailed state of the art of the High Council for the Future of Health Insurance, in a report published on Thursday, October 2, makes it possible to clarify its contours, at a time when the question of access to care is one o…
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