A journey to defend his cause. The deputy Belkhir Belhaddad (Together for the Republic), re-elected during the last legislative elections in the 1st constituency of Moselle, embarked this Saturday morning on a journey between Metz and Paris, by bike and on foot, in order to ask the application of a sport-health amendment, voted in 2020.
Ministry objective
The elected official gave his first pedal stroke in front of the region's hospital center, the CHR Metz-Thionville, at 10 a.m. He should reach the capital at the end of his 330 km journey next Wednesday.
His goal? Arrive at the Ministry of Health, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, to demand the publication of the decree implementing amendments to the Social Security finance bill for 2021 which were to allow people with type 2 diabetes to benefit from support and nutritional and sports assessments, in particular via the sports and health centers deployed in the region.
“This has been my fight in recent years by having several amendments adopted in the Social Security Bill such as that relating to people affected by type 2 diabetes,” he explains on his Facebook account.
And to deplore: “Unfortunately the implementing decree has still not been published and these are significant losses of opportunity despite my inquiries to the President of the Republic, several prime ministers and ministers of Health”.
In France, around 4 million people were identified as diabetic by health insurance in 2019. Type 2 diabetes is the most common. “92% of diabetics have type 2 diabetes,” indicates health insurance.
“Democratic issue”
To defend this “democratic, public health and financial issue”, the MP began his journey this morning, joined by several supporters during the first kilometers. “Your support is essential to me,” he greeted on his social networks, promising to share his adventure on a daily basis.
The chosen one must pass through Verdun, Châlons-en-Champagne, Château-Thierry then Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), before finally arriving in Paris.
Belkhir Belhaddad will not travel alone, specifies France Bleu Lorraine Nord. He will be accompanied by two people on the route then a team present on site in Paris, made up of his collaborators.
“I will not leave the Ministry of Health without my implementing decrees,” he has already assured the newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain.
