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It's not the case in most EU country I visited. In France, giving birth is 100% free, even if you have to go to a private clinic/hospital.

• gutnor 8y ago
  There may be a confusion here, I'm referring at Private Healthcare and not Public Healthcare run by a private company. Spain sometimes subcontract public healthcare to private hospital. However from a patient point of view, you are still treated as a public healthcare patient (i.e. you pay through your tax and the government has a specific financial agreement with the company running the hospital). Otherwise I'm confused by France model. What's the business model of a Private Hospital is they receive no money neither from the Government nor insurances nor their patient ?
  • etiennemarcel 8y ago
    The French system is hybrid. There's public and private health insurance, and public and private hospitals. For everyday care the public health insurance reimburses 70% and the private health insurance the remainder. For more serious procedures (such as a baby delivery) the public health insurance reimburses 100% of the fees. The prices are fixed by law, the practitioner can charge more (if it's a private hospital) but then the private health insurance will have to pay the difference. The public health insurance is paid through taxes (I think something like 5 to 10% of the salary?) and the private health insurance is between 50 to 100e depending on your family and coverage (glasses, teeth, etc.)