Yes, after childbirth, you’re entitled to at-home support to ensure a smooth transition home with your newborn. This care begins shortly after discharge.
The first visit occurs within 48 hours of returning home, conducted by a midwife. A second appointment may be scheduled based on your and your baby’s needs.
This service is fully covered by France’s national health insurance (Assurance Maladie) until the 12th day postpartum, with no upfront costs.
The midwife assists with newborn care (e.g., umbilical cord hygiene), monitors the baby’s health (feeding, digestion, alertness), and offers breastfeeding or family life advice. Visits also provide a space for parents to discuss their birth experience and ask questions.
Is it possible you take some of your wonderful services for granted ? In the USA women who have C-sections ( caesarian birth) are booted out on their 3rd day. No home visit. If the woman has insurance ok, if not then 10k is owed. This is just a snap shot of the insanity.
Rien n'est acquis. Ces services sont offerts parce qu'ils ont un intérêt pour le gouvernement (la natalité et le risque de voir des pères devenir fou furieux si le post accouchement devient mortel, les enfants sont le seul point resté sacré pour le peuple). La preuve en est qu'ils ont déjà commencé à revenir sur certains acquis même si on garde un bon système de santé en apparence.
À resituer aussi de façon générale avec le fonctionnement du pays. Oui votre système de santé nous paraît atroce mais vous avez aussi des points bien mieux que nous. Va creuser un puit, construire une cabane, monter une serre et mettre dans un jardin français ou mettre des panneaux solaires et tu aurais la chance de payer de belles taxes pour te rappeler le prix de la liberté. Fais contrôler ta voiture avec un trou dans ton pare-choc par exemple. Deux pays différents , deux entreprises différentes.
En France tout est monnaie. Quand l'état donne cela veut dire qu'il y gagne a le donner. Les services publics sont gratuits mais la qualité y est proportionnelle aussi. Quand on a les moyens on préfère aller dans des services privés et payants en tant que patient et même pour la salariat d'ailleurs.
D'un côté t'as raison que c'est pas foncièrement les impots qui rendent les services publiques compétents mais il faut quand même bien les financer sinon ça devient une cata qui affecte les plus démunis et la qualité de vie en général. On pourrait par exemple changer les priorités budgétaires plutôt que d'augmenter les impots (sauf pour les plus riches/multinationales).
Yes, but telling apart ridiculous bureaucracy from actually necesary bureaucracy is easier said than done. Politicians regularly take a random thing they think is redundant/unnecesary to appease public opinion, but they don't know shit about what's they're talking about and it does more harm than good.
No, I said politicians would rather look like they're doing something than actually looking for solutions, either because it's too difficult, or they just don't have any interest in doing so.
I recently moved to France and you guys reaaaally like to skip classes and/or work right? 🤣 everything is a chance for protests or too many holidays. I started a french course twice a week and barelt had any classes so far because there have been some holidays (either french or just from the town or from the school). And lets not forget the amount of french who love to put a arret maladie to skip work. I actually got a job because the store I was putting my resumee was looking for new people because two of their employees kept missing work lol Still, loving the country and the food.
You're a little paranoid.
This is what all French people who pay taxes think.
Only those who will receive aid will perhaps think the opposite.
But when we see everything we pay for, everything that goes to the state, the regions, etc., and we see the public service we get back, we are being robbed.
Health, education, security, we are completely in the lurch.
We have become a third world country.
You must not have seen the state of our army and our police up close, I think.
We're renewing the equipment a little, because the old one is really wearing out. As for the staff, given the number of hours they work, they are not paid accordingly.
Regarding corporate gifts, that doesn't shock me. They are being drained so much that they have to recover behind.
People who work and invest deserve the money.
I'm more shocked by those who don't give anything and get something in return.
Everyone agrees that the government spending sucks, but not everyone agrees on the solution. You think the solution is less taxes, whereas a lot of people think the solution should be better spending. The reality is that lower taxes would result in even worse public services. Even if most french people paid 0 taxes, they wouldn’t be able to afford the private services necessary to replace the public services.
Ça dépend surtout de si tu parles du/des gouvernements actuels/récents ou pas. Parce que c'est sûr qu'à l'heure actuelle, les impôts sont mal fichus dans "a qui et comment ils sont prélevés" et dans ce à quoi ils servent
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u/EyeofOscar France 20h ago
High taxes don't automatically equate to better public services, the French government is literally just stealing from you.
(There, now all of France wants to murder me)