Bruno Retailleau continues to display his firmness on migration issues. Minister LR of the Interior thus assured on Sunday that the Bayrou government would “touch” state medical aid (AME). This system allows foreign nationals without a regular residence permit in France to receive treatment.
“We will touch it,” said the minister. “It’s a subject of the PLFSS (Social Security financing bill),” added the tenant of Place Beauvau who was the guest of the BFM Politique show.
A report which also defends the AME
Bruno Retailleau requests that the conclusions of the Evin/Stefanini report, submitted at the end of 2023 before the dissolution, be taken up, which according to him had judged that the AME was an “encouragement to clandestinity”. In this document, former PS minister Claude Evin and prefect Patrick Stefanini, LR figure, notably advocated an adjustment of the basket of care accessible via the AME. They also underlined the role of the system in preventing the deterioration of the health of illegal migrants, as well as the spread of diseases to the entire population.
The right and the extreme right are calling for a reduction in the scope of care eligible for AME, or even its complete disappearance. The system is, however, defended by the left and part of the centrist bloc. In December as part of the review of the state budget, the Senate approved, with the support of the government, a reduction of 200 million euros in the budget allocated to the AME out of a total of 1.3 billion, an increase of more than 9% compared to 2024.
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State Medical Aid provides care for people in an irregular situation residing in France for more than three months, whose resources are low and do not qualify for coverage under the common law system.
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