[What protection for handicapped child and his family today and tomorrow? The Precariousness Commission of the French Society of Pediatrics].
The recent decision of a large insurance company to put an end to the contracts of insurance subscribed by thousands of French parents for their disabled children, has brought to light the precariousness of the disabled children in our society. The available assistance for the disabled children in the French social welfare is described. Although significant this national assistance remains insufficient in order to avoid the precariousness of the disabled children and their families. An additional effort of solidarity of both the community and the insurance companies is therefore necessary.
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Service de pédiatrie, centre hospitalier, Poitiers, France.
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