Would a government $8 no-show fine encourage patients to turn up to appointments?
The French Prime Minister has proposed fining patients who don't turn up, but doctors don't think it will work.
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Fed up with millions of doctor appointment ‘no-shows’ a year, the French Government has proposed fining patients who fail to turn up without a good excuse.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced the €5 ($8) penalty to curb the nation’s 27 million annual ‘did not attends’ (DNAs), saying: “We cannot allow this to continue.”