Question 24671 — maternity health insurance

Summary

Ms. Martine Wonner draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the conditions for covering transport costs in a bariatric ambulance. The transport of certain obese or disabled users requires the provision of a geriatric ambulance. This vehicle allows, thanks to specific layout and equipment, the transport of obese patients. Its technical specifications allow on the one hand the safe loading of various bariatric systems and on the other hand the transport in a hospital bed. The patient is brought into the vehicle while limiting the efforts of the paramedics thanks to a loading platform. Health insurance covers the transport of sick people but not specifically that of obese people. An obese person will therefore be reimbursed on the basis of usual transport. Only the Agency regional health department has the possibility, within the framework of the obesity plan, to define and allocate an allocation to bariatric transporters. If some “obesity referral centers” university hospitals include an envelope dedicated to bariatric transport in their funding, this does not make it possible to pay for all the transport of people with severe obesity who require it. The remaining cost for certain patients can represent several hundreds of euros, which raises the question of equality in healthcare. She therefore wishes to know if the Government is considering putting in place new provisions in order to put an end to this regulatory deficiency at the national level.

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