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0 pointsmaeln7y ago0 comments

It's not the case in most EU country I visited. In France, giving birth is 100% free, even if you have to go to a private clinic/hospital.

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gutnor7y ago

There may be a confusion here, I'm referring at Private Healthcare and not Public Healthcare run by a private company.

Spain sometimes subcontract public healthcare to private hospital. However from a patient point of view, you are still treated as a public healthcare patient (i.e. you pay through your tax and the government has a specific financial agreement with the company running the hospital).

Otherwise I'm confused by France model. What's the business model of a Private Hospital is they receive no money neither from the Government nor insurances nor their patient ?

etiennemarcel7y ago

The French system is hybrid. There's public and private health insurance, and public and private hospitals.

For everyday care the public health insurance reimburses 70% and the private health insurance the remainder.

For more serious procedures (such as a baby delivery) the public health insurance reimburses 100% of the fees. The prices are fixed by law, the practitioner can charge more (if it's a private hospital) but then the private health insurance will have to pay the difference.

The public health insurance is paid through taxes (I think something like 5 to 10% of the salary?) and the private health insurance is between 50 to 100e depending on your family and coverage (glasses, teeth, etc.)

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