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Health: with its compulsory mutuals, France is an exception in Europe

2021-11-11T22:02:25.605Z


DECRYPTION - The Hexagon is one of the only countries of the Old Continent with Belgium to impose a complementary health insurance covering all or part of the sums left to the load of the user.


Europe is plural when it comes to health insurance. One thing in common, however: in the majority of cases, basic health coverage is guaranteed by the State or social insurance. Beyond that, the differences in diet are significant. Many countries, such as the United Kingdom, the Nordic countries, Spain, Italy or Portugal, have opted for public funding of health insurance, with the state providing a national health system financed by the tax, notes a study by the Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES). In Spain, Portugal, Sweden or Finland, for example, care is often provided in public centers where doctors are employed. However, in recent years, southern European states and the United Kingdom have

"Reduced the share of public participation to achieve budgetary savings

", underlines the Drees.

This results in an increase in the remainder to be borne by households.

Conversely, in Switzerland and

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Source: lefigaro

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