Research Conducted at French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) Has Provided New Information about Health Insurance…

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Research Conducted at French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) Has Provided New Information about Health Insurance (Achieving universal health coverage in France: policy reforms and the challenge of inequalities)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators publish new report on Health Insurance. According to news reporting originating in Paris, France, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Since 1945, the provision of health care in France has been grounded in a social conception promoting universalism and equality. The French health-care system is based on compulsory social insurance funded by social contributions, co-administered by workers' and employers' organisations under State control and driven by highly redistributive financial transfers."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), "This system is described frequently as the French model. In this paper, the first in The Lancet's Series on France, we challenge conventional wisdom about health care in France. First, we focus on policy and institutional transformations that have affected deeply the governance of health care over past decades. We argue that the health system rests on a diversity of institutions, policy mechanisms, and health actors, while its governance has been marked by the reinforcement of national regulation under the aegis of the State."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Second, we suggest the redistributive mechanisms of the health insurance system are impeded by social inequalities in health, which remain major hindrances to achieving objectives of justice and solidarity associated with the conception of health care in France."

For more information on this research see: Achieving universal health coverage in France: policy reforms and the challenge of inequalities. Lancet, 2016;387(10034):2236-2249. Lancet can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Lancet - www.journals.elsevier.com/lancet/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting O. Nay, INSERM, Paris, France. Additional authors for this research include S. Bejean, D. Benamouzig, H. Bergeron, P. Castel and B. Ventelou (see also Health Insurance).