France will pay for removal of faulty breast implants - Times of India

PARIS: France's national health insurance agency will file a criminal complaint in a breast implant scandal, an official said on Saturday, after authorities advised that women with potentially faulty implants have them removed and agreed to pay for it.

The Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie will file the complaint for deception and fraud in the coming days, said an officia. It will not name specific people or the company behind the implants, though specific targets could be added later.

The financial burden of the French government's decision to pay for implant removals falls to the state health system, which estimated the removals could cost $78million at a time when the country is teetering on the brink of another recession and struggling with debt. The implants were pulled from the market last year in European and South American countries.

On Saturday, health minister Xavier Bertrand said that those responsible must "answer for their acts" . "They were looking to make money, that's the worst thing, on the back of health of women."