(Boursier.com) – Francois Hollande reaffirmed this week in his interview with the ‘World’: a draft law on regulated professions will be presented in September to “increase competition in the services offered consumers, drive down prices and fight against the maintenance of certain annuities and privileges. ” Pharmacists, who are among the occupations listed on the frontline.
Price Increase “very moderate” …
In a document released this Friday, the National Order Pharmacists dismantled point by point the report of the General Inspectorate of Finance announced in the press last month and that is the basis for the government’s thinking. In particular, it contradicts the argument that the price of non-reimbursable drugs have been between 2000 and 2010, an average annual growth rate of 3.2%, according to figures cited by the Order. Based on the data from the panel Xpr-SW of Celtipharm also used by health authorities, ONP indicates that since 2009, prices of the products concerned have increased on average by 2% per year in current euros and 0 4% per year in constant euros (without taking into account inflation). “The increase in VAT on non-refundable products PMF in 2012 explains almost all of the growth in sales prices, based on the cost of living,” he says.
Errors tracks and dangerous
In addition to the issue of drug prices, the tip of the finger “error report” Order. For example, IGF “indicates that 5,504 companies are taxed at the corporate tax.” An analysis based on tax records from 22 pharmacies only spread in the Hauts-de-Seine and Loire Valley. More importantly, pharmacists believe that some suggested provisions would be dangerous. Bercy deal among other things by the end of the monopoly of pharmacies on prescription medication which is optional and can be reimbursed. However, the Order notes that “inappropriate use of drugs causes 12,000 deaths and 120,000 hospitalizations per year in the country. These numbers are already huge, and would only get worse if we permitted the sale of drugs in the temple of commerce “he warns.
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