Liberal doctors took to the streets by the thousands on Thursday afternoon in Paris to obtain a revaluation of the consultation. The central demand of the collective “Médicos del mañana”, at the origin of the strike movement, continues to be the doubling of the basic consultation fee (from 25 to 50 euros).
“Let’s be reasonable,” replied François Braun, the Minister of Health, on Thursday. However, according to doctor Tura Milo, on the street this Thursday, “it is possible”, although it is not essential to double the rate.
“We want them to pay us the European average, about 45 euros,” he asked on BFMTV.
“coercive” packages
At the center of the demands of the Parisian general practitioner is the abolition of the packages established by public authorities and paid to doctors if they fulfill a certain number of tasks.
“Indeed, the consultation costs 25 euros, but we all have additional packages that, in fact, make our consultations around 36 euros,” he explained.
Except that these packages, introduced since 2012, are, according to the health professional, “forms of coercion”.
She developed: “We have the impression that, little by little, we are being bought. We are becoming civil servants. Liberal medicine is becoming civilized, which goes against our initial goal as liberal doctors.”
For this reason, the “Doctors of Tomorrow” group calls for “repealing these packages and changing them to payment for service for consultations as doctors.”
This change would have very little impact on the patient’s wallet, for Dr. Tura Millo. “The patient may pay more, but more will be reimbursed,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
