A step back that will not come without compensation. The suspension of the pension reform will cost 100 million euros in 2026 and 1.4 billion euros in 2027, according to the amending letter examined in the Council of State, which will be presented to the Council of Ministers this Thursday.
This suspension will be financed, on the one hand, by an increase in the contribution rate of complementary organizations (mutual societies, health insurance, etc.) that would go from 2.05% to 2.25% in 2026, according to this letter revealed by Les Échos and of which the AFP obtained a copy.
On the other hand, retirees will have to contribute more, since the underindexation of their pensions in relation to inflation, initially planned at 0.4 points, will increase by 0.5 points in 2027.
Non-arranged complementary medical insurance
Contacted by BFM Business, the Mutualité Française and the National Union of Supplementary Health Insurance Organizations (Unocam) indicate that they have not been consulted by the government about the increase in the rate of the surcharge that affects them.
In an opinion published this Wednesday, Unocam denounces an “obsolete vision” of the relationships between mandatory health insurance and complementary health insurance, in which organizations “are adjustment variables of a system in tension.”
The surcharge was initially requested by Catherine Vautrin, then Minister in charge of Health at the beginning of the year, to compensate for the increases in premiums applied by complementary organizations for the year 2025, the minister considering that these increases included a transfer of fees, finally abandoned, on the reimbursement of medical consultations and medications.
Source: BFM TV
