Friday 23 September 2011

Senior Citizens Hit by Health care Costs in France

A Consumer body has warned that healthcare costs in France risk becoming “totally unbearable, especially for senior citizens”.

As parliament stats debate today on the 2012 social security finance law, which includes measures increasing taxation on top-up health insurance mutuelles, UFC Que Choisir has brought out an alarming report into recent escalations in healthcare costs.

What is more it is senior citizens who bear the heaviest burden, the association says. Their fees are now an average €90 a month, up 11.8% on last year, or 5.8% of income.

Read more: Healthcare costs will be unbearable

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