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5 days agoWhat is France's 'franchise medicale'?
You might hear about the franchise médicale from time to time when the French government weighs increasing it to finance the social security system. The franchise médicale is applied to prescriptions, visits to 'paramedical' professionals (including appointments with nurses, physiotherapists and masseurs, speech therapists and eye specialists), and non-emergency medical transport. It is not applied to any medicine given out during a hospitalisation or emergency transport, neither does it apply to normal doctor appointments.
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