François Bayrou obviously is not afraid to put patient associations on the back. In his highly anticipated and feared public finance recovery plan, presented on Tuesday, July 15, the prime minister shared his desire to “empower patients” about the cost of health.
To stop this trend to the a priori consumer, the Head of Government intends to attract more in the patient portfolio and, therefore, less reimburse the medication.
This maximum amount that patients may have to pay the year in medicines, in fact, corresponds to medical deductibles. These are the sums that discreetly deduce health insurance for reimbursements, treatments are generally issued by pharmacies without anticipation of costs to the presentation of the vital card. To date, 1 euro automatically deduces the management of a medicine, up to a limit of 50 euros per year.
In this way, François Bayrou is inspired by employers’ proposals. Last week, the Confederation of Small and Medium Business (CPME) suggested double medical franchises to “go out at all free” and “avoid comfort acts.”
Medical consultation franchises too
However, it remains to be seen if the duplication of the ceiling of medical franchises is limited only to drugs. Because medical franchises also deduce the reimbursements of paramedical consultations between physiotherapists and nurses and health transport trips. These amount to 1 and 4 euros respectively at the limit of the daily ceilings established at 4 and 8 euros. Keep in mind that it is the accumulation of each of these franchises that currently has a limit of 50 euros per year, the roof that, therefore, could double at 100 euros.
Similarly, flat rates participations also discreetly deduce for security, in the same model as franchises, refunds of consultations in a doctor and radiology exams or medical biology analysis. 2 euros are charged by consultation and exam and limit to 8 euros per day. Like franchises, these flat rates participations are currently limited to 50 euros per year. The Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and families Catherine Vautrin also specified that his annual roof will also double at 100 euros. “The notion of the free, the ‘I am right’, is deadly!”, Hammered.
Alds screw
And that’s not all. The prime minister also plans to go to drug use by patients with long -term condition (ALD), this state that allows a better health insurance care.
Taking into account that “health cannot simply be a market in which consumers are not impressive and unlimited,” the Matignon tenant announced “an in -depth reform of Alds management.” Already in 2026 in particular, the head of government expected to leave the payment for security in 100% of the prices used as basic reimbursement, medications that are not directly in relation to the condition for which patients declare themselves in ALD.
Source: BFM TV
