Least 170 medicines reimbursed by the social security
Beginning next week, should be less than 170 medicines reimbursed by the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM). The reimbursement from 35% to 15% when the list of these products will be published in the Official Gazette. These 170 drugs are available in approximately 600 references, which is explained by the different packages and generic equivalents.
These products have been delisted by the CNAM chosen according to studies by the High Authority of Health has estimated that they were ineffective.The purpose of the maneuver is to save 150 million euros for Social Security, while the latter should show a deficit in 2009 of over 20 billion euros cash advance america.
According to the director general of the French Mutuality, Jean-Martin Cohen-Solal, interviewed by Le Parisien, "whether the drug is effective and is reimbursed correctly or it is not and shall not be refunded. Mutuality French has also decided not to reimburse drugs reimbursed 15% by the social security, which would save 80 million euros each other.
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