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To combat the social security deficit, health insurance will set up a bonus of 1,000 euros in the hope of making some savings. This will be granted to general practitioners who have reduced their prescriptions.
Fewer prescriptions for 1,000 euros. This is one of the avenues favored by health insurance to replenish Social Security coffers. Since January 1, 2025, general practitioners who make fewer prescriptions compared to 2024 will be awarded an end-of-year bonus.
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A significant cost for health insurance, which will have to pay several tens of millions of euros to reward any good general practitioner, indicates TF1 INFO. Far from being a waste of money, this amount should actually allow him to save more.
A 25% reduction in antibiotics by 2027
“Our objective is to reach the European average, that is to say, to reduce the consumption of antibiotic medicines by 25% by 2027”, detailed to our colleagues Marguerite Cazeneuve, deputy director of the Caisse Nationale de Health insurance (CNAM).
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Concretely, health insurance plans to reward general practitioners who have managed to reduce their medication prescription by at least 10% compared to the previous year. But some don’t need to put in extra effort because as stated TF1 INFOone in 3 general practitioners already prescribes fewer medications than the national average.
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This action will logically raise awareness about the waste of medicines, with nearly 123 million euros going to waste each month in France. Last May, the Court of Auditors estimated that the financial trajectory of Social Security included growing deficits between now and 2027. The social security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2025 includes a set of revenue and in spending so as to temporarily stem the worsening of the deficit.
