the Senate rejects the period limitation and opposes renewal by telemedicine | EUROtoday

The Senate opposed, Monday, November 24, the limitation on the period of labor stoppages proposed by the federal government, as a part of the draft Social Security price range. The senators additionally needed to ban any renewal of those judgments by telemedicine.

Capping the period of labor stoppages “would mobilize several hundred thousand hours of consultation in a context of already weakened access to care”stated senator (Les Républicains) Corinne Imbert, in favor of “freedom of prescription” medical doctors.

The latter had an modification adopted to the Social Security price range to oppose this cover. The authorities initially proposed a limitation which might be set by decree at fifteen days for a primary work stoppage prescribed by a city physician, and thirty days in hospital. During the debates within the National Assembly, the deputies needed to incorporate this ceiling straight within the regulation, setting it at thirty days in each instances.

The govt intends to legislate within the face of the rise in expenditure regarding work stoppages, which represents 11 billion euros in 2024, a rise of 6% per 12 months for 5 years.

Debate on telemedicine

The Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist, regretted this alternative. “We can still say among ourselves that after a month we can see the patient who is on sick leave again. It doesn’t seem very shocking to ask the patient to come back as part of his follow-up”she stated. Limit the period of labor stoppages “will only have the effect of increasing non-recourse and forced presenteeism”for her half feared Senator Raymonde Poncet Monge (Les Ecologistes).

The senators additionally voted for an additional modification to the Social Security price range to ban any renewal of a piece stoppage pronounced by a teleconsultation, regardless of the opposition of the federal government, which deemed the measure unconstitutional. The regulation already offers for limiting any work stoppage prescribed by telemedicine to a few days.

These votes are removed from ultimate, as a result of the debates on this Social Security price range will proceed between the 2 homes of Parliament.