New Health Minister in restructured French government
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Elisabeth Hubert has been named as France's Minister for Health and Health Insurance in Alain Juppe's new government. Ms Hubert is a GP and assistant general secretary of President Jacques Chirac's RPR party. The former Health and Social Affairs Ministry has been split up with the creation of a combined health and health insurance department. This will be divided into four divisions and five subdirectorates, combining health policy and financing.