The Senate reduces the state medical support price range by 200 million euros | EUROtoday

The Senate accredited, Monday, December 2, with the help of the federal government, a discount of 200 million euros within the price range allotted to state medical support (AME), meant for undocumented immigrants, calling for reflection on a structural reform, already promised by Michel Barnier if he resists censorship.

In parallel with the eventful debates within the National Assembly, the place the federal government is focused by a movement of censure on its Social Security price range, the higher home continues to look at one other budgetary textual content, the state price range. Even if all of the debates may cease if the federal government falls.

Supported by the chief, the Senate and its proper and middle majority thus adopted a delicate measure by lowering the AME by 200 million euros, out of a complete of 1.3 billion, a rise of greater than 9%. in comparison with 2024. The proper and the centrists voted for it, the left and the Macronist group opposed it, for a complete of 201 votes, in opposition to 126. “This proposal is a first response to curbing an expense that continues to grow every year”greeted Senator (Les Républicains) Marie-Do Aeschlimann.

Basically, the Senate didn’t cut back the scope of care eligible for AME, a persistent demand from the best and the far proper. The system voted by the senators is restricted to modifying the protection of advantages “non-urgent”which might now be conditioned to a “prior agreement” systematic medical insurance. But the best and the centrists have known as for going additional within the coming weeks.

Favorable opinion from the Minister of Health

The Minister of Health, Geneviève Darrieussecq, gave a positive opinion on this improvement, whereas calling to not “lose sight of the health needs of the country”. “The AME budget must participate, like all other budgets, in the national effort to rationalize expenditure”she defined. The Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, had introduced in latest days that he would provoke “from next year” a reform of the AME, by lowering “significantly” THE “care basket” supported.

The left strongly opposed this measure. “The government wanted to sacrifice state medical aid to satisfy the far right. He will have censure and dishonor”was indignant the president of the socialist senators, Patrick Kanner.

“When I hear the government say that in its generosity it is considering lowering the AME by 200 million, I tell myself that we are making fun of the world, especially when, at the same time, it was considering dereimbursing medicines . This is not admissible”for her half, reacted the top of RN deputies, Marine Le Pen.

In 2024, the AME envelope deliberate by the State represented roughly 0.5% of well being expenditure deliberate by the Social Security price range (PLFSS). According to a research by the Institute for Research and Documentation in Health Economics (Irdes), 51% of eligible individuals profit from AME.