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Healthcare Changes in France

By Sylvia Edwards Davis

| Contributing Editor

In 2016, France introduced the Protection Universal Maladie healthcare system, PUMa for short. The goal of the new structure is to improve interaction between the different healthcare entities and streamline procedures. One of the entities that was discontinued was the former…

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Universal healthcare in France: the PUMA reform

By Tracy Leonetti

FrenchEntrée Contributor | Administration

In January 2016, the old CMU system was replaced by the new Protection Universelle Maladie known as PUMA for short. Here’s what you need to know …

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