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Part of the reimbursement of dental care will be transferred from Social Security to mutual insurance companies, up to 500 million euros per year. A decision denounced by the Mutualité française, which announces that this will “mechanically have consequences on contributions”.
500 million euros per year. This is the amount of reimbursement for dental care that Social Security will transfer to complementary health insurance soon, on October 1.
A decision that does not please mutuals and insurers
As of next fall, therefore, the coverage of dental care by Medicare will increase from 70% to 60%. Mutuals and insurers will be responsible for compensating the difference. Which they really don’t like.
The president of the Mutualité française, Eric Chenut, denounces a decision “unilateral” And “technocratic” Who “will not make it possible to support the transformation of the health system, nor to respond to the preventive shift”.
A decision made by the government
Despite the anger of complementary health insurance, the government has indeed acted on this decision, a press release having been published to this effect reaffirms the next “wider coverage of oral care by complementary health care”up to half a billion euros.
A news that also impacts French households, in general, through the future increase in mutual insurance contributions. Also remember that 5% of French people do not have mutual insurance. These people will therefore have to pay 40% of their dental care directly from October 1st. Prices which are, in addition, likely to change: a new agreement could be signed by dentists at the end of next July.
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