Taxis remain mobilized on Tuesday, the day after a first day of mobilization to denounce the new rules for the price of health transport presented by health insurance last week.
The representatives of the profession have been received by the offices of their various supervision ministries, the Ministry of Transportation to the AFP said without advances according to the National Taxi Federation (FNDT).
Therefore, the new blockages today in several cities to report again “the new health transport convention that we want to impose without discussions,” emphasizes in the BFMTV microphone, Benoît Gallieu, president of the Union Union des Taxis of the Loire.
“30-40% less rotation”
The professional believes that these new rules will make certain taxis “will work with 30-40% less in billing, it is the destruction of hundreds of taxis companies,” he warns.
It should be said that this health transport activity can represent up to 95% of the activity of certain taxis.
The health insurance project, approved on Friday by the Government, intends to establish a unique model in the territory as of October 1 for the transport of patients by the approved taxi drivers.
The objective is to control the growth of health transportation spending, which reached 6.74 billion euros in 2024, including 3.07 billion for approved taxis (with a 45% jump since 2019).
The taxis will be paid on the basis of a treatment pack of 13 euros and a kilometer price. “Taxis does not feel heard, it is a desperate cause,” Rémi told AFP, a bordering taxi of 39 years, saying he has “nothing to lose.”
The sector says it is ready to discuss. But requested the freezing of the current project, defined unilaterally according to him. Many taxis also demonstrate against the competition of passenger vehicles with driver (VTC), coordinated by platforms such as Uber.
Source: BFM TV
