Amongst the other new charges next year is an increase in the forfeit hospitalier, a daily hospital charge not picked up by the social security system. This charge increases from EUR16 to EUR18 per day. Not everyone will notice the increase as there are a large number of exemptions, and most 'top-up' health insurance policies do pick up the cost, if you have one. The level of reimbursements on some medicines not considered to be effective is also to be reduced from 35% to 15%, and some complementary 'top-up' health insurers are saying that if the government does not consider them to be of any use, then they will also refuse to cover them in their policies. Neither does the agreement with the consultants deal with the growing problem of the unequal geographic distribution of medical professionals across the country, with some parts of the country facing a real shortage in doctors and consultants. https://frenchmart.fr/