France-The “Wise Men” partially validate third-party payer – Zonebourse.com

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The Constitutional Council partially validated Thursday the generalization of the third-party payer, one of the flagship measures of the law on the modernization of the health system, and found it to comply the constitution establishing the neutral cigarette package.

The opposition groups of the Assembly and Senate had seized 21 December the Constitutional Council on the bill presented by the Minister of Health Marisol Touraine, and finally adopted December 17 by Parliament.

The Constitutional Council considers that the article complies “widespread, in stages, the paying agent to make it mandatory in the case of decision of costs covered by basic health insurance organizations, “it said in a statement.

” Wise Men “However invalidate article making it mandatory as of 1 January 2017 of the device third-party payment for supplementary health insurance organizations, “on the grounds that Parliament did not sufficiently supervised this device and thereby disregarded the scope of its own jurisdiction.”

The widespread third-party payment , main measurement text was strongly criticized by health professionals and right-wing opposition who have expressed and carried out strikes on several occasions.

This measure, which was described by the social measure Minister, would allow patients from November 30, 2017 not to advance the consultation fee.

The Constitutional Council also approved another key measure Thursday that text, providing for the setting up in From May 2016 “neutral packages” which will appear on cigarette pictures of organs damaged by smoking, the brand is listed in small print.

French tobacconists had led strikes and demonstrations express their opposition to this measure they deem harmful to their profession.

Among the other items validated Thursday, including include provision establishing an experimental basis “of drug consumption rooms safer”, called “shoots rooms”, or that removing the one-week period between the request for the woman to terminate her pregnancy and the written confirmation of this request. (Emile Picy, edited by Marine Pennetier)