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France's government unveils health system reform.

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2004 JUL 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- France's government, looking to plug a gaping multi-billion euro (dollar) hole in the health insurance system, presented proposals June 16, 2004, to restore it to financial health.

President Jacques Chirac said the proposed reform "guarantees the future of the health system" and will spur the French economy by helping to redress public finances.

France's health insurance system is running a EUR13 billion (US$15 billion) deficit, losing EUR 23,000 (US$27,600) every minute, Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said this week.

The reforms of health insurance, presented June 16, 2004, to the Cabinet before their submission to parliament expected June 29, follow those introduced last year to pensions. Those reforms provoked months of ...

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