It does add up a bit, with 13 drugs it has gone from âŹ6.50 to âŹ13. But they have kept the maximum at âŹ50 a year so for many like me who have long term or complex health problems this wonât make a difference.
Nevertheless, the French are inevitably complaining vociferouslyâŠ
In many online comments in SW press Iâve seen these costs and insufficient support for farmers contrasted with the newly announced increase in aid to Ukraine - they canât all be Putin bots, but bloody hell!
Perhaps, just perhaps it will convince French patients to decline the blatant over-prescription practised by French MTs? Do they even realise the extent of the pay-back ?
seems better than the UK prescription charge - ÂŁ9.65 an item, unless you are over 60, or buy a yearly âpassâ.
But Iâm curious, does paying âŹ1 mean the rest of the cost is free, or reimbursed at 70% etc?
EXAMPLE
medication price 100 euro⊠you present your CVâŠ
Ameli pay 70% and leave the 30% to be covered by Mutuelle or you, the Patient (if you donât have a Mutuelle)
so, on the face of it⊠at the Pharmacy, the Pharamacist will either ask you for 30 euros⊠or they will have note of your Mutuelle and eventually get the 30 euros from that system.
Meanwhile⊠Ameli is noting that you have had a medication and you owe them (Ameli) 1 euroâŠ
You will build up a âtabâ with Ameli as and when you have more medication or HealthcareâŠ
and you either get the Bill or the sum will be deducted from any payment which Ameli is due to make to youâŠ
eg: I pay my Bone Specialist upfront and Ameli and my Mutuelle will settle with me later onâŠ
However, if I already owe Ameli for numerous medicationsâŠ
theyâll deduct that amount from the sum they would normally reimburse me for the Bone ManâŠ
Edit: maximum of 50 euro per year for medication and 50 euro for Healthcare (as I understand itâŠ)
Most medication is now reimbursed at 65%. So for a âŹ20 box of something you will get âŹ12 which is the âŹ13 reimbursement - the âŹ1 franchise.
Consultations are still at 70% for most of them.
OH who has 100% medical cover for his ALD⊠recently received a bill from Ameli for the amount accrued over the past few yearsâŠ
repayable to them in blobs of 50euro
all debts are finally cleared⊠phew⊠and now it starts to accrue all over again⊠
make the most of âamazing offersâ 'cos they wonât lastâŠ
and thereâll be less money available in generalâŠ
Whatâs the reason for this interdiction? I suppose they could get past it by reducing by 34% for a few days and then reducing again?
Quick explanationâŠ
big Outlets put pressure on their suppliers⊠sell it to us really cheap so we can attract customersâŠ
small Producers suffer from this pressure, either by agreeing and going bust or not agreeing and not selling their products.
of course, as the article says⊠there is more to it than that⊠but it gives you the ideaâŠ
but the restriction is only for non-food according to the headline? so not intended to protect farmers.
Wondering how effective this can be unless other adjacent countries also participate
OH has just observed: have you ever seen a reduction over 34% in France? Fair point. 
Ah⊠youâve obviously not come across 'em⊠they do existâŠ
at one of the larger supermarkets (Auchan or maybe LeClerc), I felt wantonly wasteful refusing to buy umpteen bottles of whatever⊠at a give-away price⊠simply because I couldnât be bothered to haul the large box into my trolleyâŠ
Carrefour is another source of bargains⊠and their extraspecial-offers will be snapped up before the end of FebruaryâŠ
I thought this was a restriction on non-food items?
A fifteen year gap seems far too long to me, but this morning there were lots of presumably elderly French posting on Midi-Libre about French peoplesâ right to drive forever being snatched off them by the EU. Poor young Macron got a lot of stick too even though heâs not been involved, though thatâs just par for the course.
ha ha⊠yes, it isâŠ
I think it was laundry stuff⊠that was an incredibly low priceâŠ
I would like to buy some towelling baby nappies, are they still available?
why not check the latest catalogues of the various storesâŠ