This is a controversy that Health Insurance would have done well without!
Physiotherapists and doctors saw red when they discovered a LinkedIn post from the Primary Health Insurance Fund (CPAM) of Seine-et-Marne (77) boasting of covering chiropractic, osteopathy, occupational therapy, hypnotherapy, acupuncture sessions. , sophrology or etiopathy, within the limit of four sessions per year and 50 euros each, revealed
Le Parisien
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Unconventional medicines, which have never provided scientific proof of their benefit.
In a very tense budgetary context, with a Health Insurance deficit expected to widen to 17 billion euros in 2027, the subject is all the more irritating.
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Faced with this legitimate annoyance, Health Insurance explains that this is an isolated action.
Each of the hundred CPAMs has a social action budget, managed by social partners, to improve access to care for those on the lowest incomes.
“In 95% of cases, this finances dental prostheses, optics, wheelchairs, excess fees, etc.,”
says Health Insurance.
And of the 100 million euros of social action available to CPAM 77, “
zero euros were allocated to etiopathy and 200 euros to chiropractic.
It’s “epsilonneesque”,
trying to demine the Social Security.
Faced with the outcry, the post was deleted on Wednesday and the general director of Health Insurance, Thomas Fatôme, reiterated the instructions: only conventional care, that is to say based on treatments, should be reimbursed. which have obtained scientific validation, whose effectiveness is proven.
A salutary call to order!