Nous sommes le 27 septembre 2005. Il est 12h47. Thomas Burgener, Conseiller d'Etat valaisan en charge de la Santé, vient d'apprendre la décision de l'OFSP. Comme pour tous les résidents de ce pays, c'est la douche froide, le scandale. 5,6% d'augmentation de primes d'assurance maladie en 2006. Le sang du Conseiller d'Etat ne fait qu'un tour. Il décide donc de réagir en duplex sur le plateau du 12:45 de la TSR, soit quelques minutes après la conférence de presse de l'OFSP. La Télévision Suisse Romande lui a trouvé un contradicteur de choc. Ce sera Yves Seydoux. "Yves Seydoux ? Le porte parole des assureurs-maladie santésuisse ? Mais, mais... je croyais que c'était l'OFSP qui...? " Nous aussi, chez SwissMED.net, nous pensions que c'était l'OFSP qui...

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The  healthcare  insurers protest to hospitals and to doctors of the refunds for approximately 100 million francs. The services suppliers have to restore to the payers of premiums the excesses paid since the implementation of TARMED, Santesuisse explained on Monday.

The doctors react with surprise and incomprehension

Healthcare Providers and insurers agreed on the neutrality of costs during the introduction of the new medical tariff system (Tarmed) on January 1st, 2004. "The envelope for the functioning of Tarmed was notably fixed according to the costs of the previous two years, with a certain price increase granted to the doctors.", clarified to the PAs Nicole Bulliard, spokeswoman of Santesuisse.

System needed to be adapted 

According to the calculations of the association ridge tile of Health insurers, 100 millions were too charged with regard to the neutrality of the costs. They must be henceforth paid off to the payers of premiums. More exactly, santesuisse be going to receive amounts taken too, to redistribute them to the insurers, who will put back them on the insurants, according to Nicole Bulliard. Declines of the value of the tariff point in 2006 will allow to adjust the system for the continuation.