France’s health insurance reforms in the 1990s not only modified the sector’s financing system but also delegated a portion of healthcare service regulation to supplemental health insurance providers (SHIPs). The government has adopted various measures, including the Le Roux Law, “responsible contracts,” an increase in employer-sponsored supplemental insurance coverage, and the “100% health” campaign, which have allowed the SHIPs network to develop and its providers to become full-fledged actors in the social protection system. This article analyzes these measures from three perspectives: financial, political, and/or social. It points out both the consistency and inconsistencies of these measures, notably their propensity to generate new social inequalities in the supplemental health insurance field.
Abstract
English
Authors
Philippe
Abecassis
Nathalie
Coutinet
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