The government wants to extend the reimbursement to 100% of teleconsultations

The government adopted several amendments to its bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, in particular to extend until the summer the 100% reimbursement of teleconsultations by the Health Insurance (in place since March 2020), as well as as the “funding guarantee” for hospitals and clinics. This device, which was to end on December 31, would be extended by decree “at the latest until July 31, 2022”, according to one of the amendments tabled by the executive and voted on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, without debate.

A measure defended by Olivier Véran “because it has shown its effectiveness”: the number of teleconsultations had indeed increased from 10,000 to one million per week at the start of the epidemic, “in particular thanks to this 100% support which makes it simple, ”said the Minister of Health before the National Assembly’s law committee. In the same vein, the government intends to perpetuate “until June 30, 2022” the “funding guarantee for public and private health establishments”, also introduced in March 2020 and which expired on December 31.

“Avoid any break in cash flow”

“It is a very strong expectation of all the establishments”, justified Olivier Véran, anxious to them “to avoid any rupture of cash (…) at a time when we ask for deprogramming of care”. Ditto for liberal doctors practicing in private clinics and hospitals “and affected by the repetition of deprogramming”: the “exceptional support system” created to compensate for their loss of activity in the second half of 2021 must be renewed “until the 30th. June 2022 ”.

“At a time when we ask them to come and lend a hand and be fully mobilized in the fight against Covid, they must not have any loss of income,” explained the Minister.