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9 January 2007 – Since 1945-46, the French system of Social Security has been imposing a mandatory health insurance and thus has a captive clientele – as the insured are compelled to finance it. This system has been, and is still, justified in a great measure in the opinion of the general public on grounds that it allegedly leads the French people to become equal in health and provides financing…

9 Janvier 2007 – La Sécurité sociale dispose en France d’un régime obligatoire d’assurance maladie et d’une clientèle captive – les assurés étant légalement obligés de la financer – depuis 1945-46. Or, ce régime présente des obstacles insurmontables pour l’existence d’une concurrence dans ce domaine. Il a été et continue d’être justifié en grande partie auprès des Français, parce qu’il permettrait une égalité de tous en santé et un financement…

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December 11, 2006 – Doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health care workers in Germany have been strongly protesting against the new cost containment health care reform. « This reform will simply lead the healthcare system into the cul-de-sac of centralized bureaucracy », according to their last joint statement during the national strike on December, 4, 2006. “The main effects of reference pricing are very similar: it ends up with a bureaucratization of…