Medicines: one euro not reimbursed on each box from March 31. The “flat rate contribution” on consultations and medical procedures is also doubled.
This measure comes into force on Sunday, according to another decree published in the Official Journal. “Making people who are sick pay double is not how we create responsibility. We make them feel guilty,” says one patient association member. The measure should allow 800 million euros in savings for Social Security funds, the government says.