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Biometric Vital Card: health professionals divided on the benefit

8/30/2022, 6:11:14 PM


Despite their awareness of the extent of fraud, they fear new administrative constraints, the price of equipment, and recommend other solutions.

While the creation of a biometric Vitale card is pushed by the right, the government has set a condition: to obtain the support of health professionals.

Strengthening the fight against fraud is a good idea.

We know that

entire families pass on the same Vitale card

“says a general practitioner.

However, health professionals are wondering.

On the one hand, they fear additional administrative burdens.

Anything that strengthens security and the fight against fraud is a good thing.

But this should not cause us to waste any more medical time,

”reacts Dr Philippe Vermersch, president of the Union of Liberal Physicians (SML).

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Medicare has made the fight against social fraud one of its priorities

On the other hand, they are worried about the cost of the device, which supposes changing the vital cards but also the readers at the health professionals.

With two options.

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Either the fingerprints are integrated into the Vitale card, as is the case in certain bank cards

,

at no cost...

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