A general practitioner gives us a good tip, valid for everyone.
Treating yourself is essential to stay healthy but can be difficult at certain times in life, for lack of money. So how do you do when you can’t pay the doctor? In France there are solutions for people with modest income. Among them: request the complementary solidarity health (CSS) formerly called CMU. It is a assistance system for health expenses which can be completely free or cost less than 1 euro per day. “According to your income, your age and the number of people in your home, either you will have nothing to pay, or you will have a small participation to provide”, Inform Dr. Sylvain Bouquet, general practitioner, member of the College of General Medicine (CMG).
Departments with health concerns can also go to the PASS (Permanence of access to hospital health care). These hospital care units offer general medicine consultations and specialized consultations. Patients can benefit from nursing, blood tests, medical imagery and treatments for free. “”Do not hesitate to inquire with a social worker to take stock. In the event of expensive health care, an exceptional request for care may be sent to Social Security to the doctor consulting. “
There are also solutions accessible to all French people, without resources, when you have difficulty paying the doctor. First, go to a health center. These centers open to everyone systematically practice third -party payment so there is only the mutual share to advance (which reduces the bill). You just have to have a mutual insurance company, which is compulsory for anyone who works, or to benefit from the CSS. Finally, Dr. Sylvain Bouquet reminds us of another precious advice.
He consists in talking directly about his financial difficulties to his general practitioner: “Today, with remote transmission and the vital card, it is very easy to make a third party. As a doctor, we are reimbursed in three days. Our software also allows us to make paid mutual third parties. We do it little because it takes time so we cannot do it for everyone, but we can do it for patients who have financial difficulties.“In this case, the patient has nothing to advance … and few know it.
