The announcement caused a real shock in the medical analysis laboratories.
From mid-October, antigen and PCR tests will no longer be reimbursed by Medicare, except in certain cases.
The government thus hopes to encourage the most recalcitrant to get vaccinated but also to reduce the Social Security bill, which could reach 5 billion euros in 2021 for tests.
The pill is difficult to swallow for the labs so much their activity has been upset for eighteen months by the realization of PCR tests.
“We expect that 80% to 90% of the volume of tests will stop,”
indicates François Blanchecotte, president of the Syndicat des biologistes.
At 43.89 euros per act, that will deter people from doing it.
Unless the price drops in the coming months. "
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With the introduction of the health pass, at the beginning of the month, the number of PCR tests had already fallen significantly in favor of antigen tests.
"This is the end of the comfort tests, not that of
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