INFO FRANCEINFO. Health: patients may now be forced to make a detour of up to 30 km due to sharing of medical transport
Patients may now be forced to make up to 30 kilometers of detour in their ambulance or taxi to or from the hospital due to the future sharing of medical transport, according to the draft decree which will be published in the coming months. days consulted by franceinfo Friday May 3.
Taxis and ambulances will have to be shared, after a vote by Parliament last fall. This measure was passed to allow Social Security to make savings. The reimbursement of medical transport cost six billion euros in 2022, a sharp increase.
According to the draft decree consulted by franceinfo, you will now have to share your ambulance or health taxi with other patients, with a detour of ten kilometers possible per passenger, and within the limit of a total detour of 30 kilometers. Furthermore, in the ambulance or in the taxi, he will not be obliged to wear masks and no barrier measures are provided for by this decree.
To obtain individual transportation, the doctor must specify on the prescription that the patient’s condition is incompatible with shared transportation. Otherwise, it will still be possible to refuse shared transport, but it will be necessary, for this year, to advance the costs. From 2025, you will even have to pay a penalty, the amount of which has not yet been fixed.
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