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Implemented since Sunday, these increases in the price of consultations are linked to the new agreement signed by Health Insurance and the unions of private doctors, to define their relations over the period 2024-2029.
Thirty euros at the general practitioner, 60 euros at the specialist if you are referred by a general practitioner: the price of certain consultations increased this Sunday, without impact on the vast majority of patients, who will remain reimbursed as before. Objective: to encourage the installation of doctors in town practices, by making the activity “more attractive”, particularly for general practitioners, who see a million patients per day. These increases are linked to the new agreement signed in June by Health Insurance and the liberal doctors' unions. The agreement provides for “significant upgrades” for practitioners, “necessary” in view of inflation, with in return, actions to “transform the health system”, in particular collective commitments on access to care and ” relevance and quality” of care, underlines the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam).
Increases among pediatricians, psychiatrists, geriatricians, etc.
However, 4% of French people do not benefit from complementary health insurance and will automatically see their out-of-pocket costs increase. Other consultations will increase in two stages, partially on Sunday, then on July 1, for certain specialties whose income is lower and to respond to “public health issues”.
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Faced with the deterioration of the mental health of young people in particular, the child psychiatry consultation will be paid 67 euros on Sunday then 75 euros from July 1, compared to 54.70 today. In pediatrics, the child's three compulsory consultations will increase to 54 euros on Sunday, then 60 euros on July 1 (currently 47.50). The classic consultation with psychiatrists increases to 55 euros on Sunday then 57 euros in the long term (51.70 today). Increases are planned for medical gynecologists (40 euros in the long term compared to 33.50 today), geriatricians (42 euros compared to 31.50) and even neurologists (57 euros compared to 51.70).
