And it is also a fact that economic recession, unemployment, social exclusion, the appearance of new diseases, the ageing of the population, as well as advances in research, improved therapies, the development of new techniques of diagnosis and treatment have all had a profound effect on the levels of mandatory social and health cover.
D'autre part, la récession économique, le chômage, l'exclusion sociale, l'apparition de nouvelles pathologies, le vieillissement de la population - ainsi que les progrès de la recherche, l'amélioration des thérapies, le développement de nouvelles techniques de diagnostic et de traitement - ont eu de lourdes conséquences sur les niveaux de couverture sociale et sanitaire obligatoire.