“There is a renunciation of care in France, partly linked to financial reasons” – Libération

The Minister of Health announced on November 18 the reduction in Social Security coverage of the amount of medical consultations and medications. For Nicolas da Silva, an economist specializing in health insurance, this decision risks increasing inequalities.

The declaration made health user associations and caregivers jump: in front of senators about to study the Social Security budget, the Minister of Health announced that reimbursement for medications and medical consultations would be cut 5% next year. Patients with long-term illnesses will not be affected as will, for medications, those with low incomes eligible for complementary solidarity health insurance. The others will have to rely on complementary health insurance, which has already warned that they will increase policyholder contributions. The bill for treatment is therefore expected to increase further in 2025.

For the government, it is a question of pursuing its objective of a reduction of 5 billion euros in savings in health insurance expenditure. In order to control the “skid”he repeats. The decision does not surprise the author of the Battle of Social Security, Nicolas da Silva, also lecturer at Sorbonne Paris-Nord University, since it follows the logic of dereimbursement followed in recent years. The economist explains to Liberation how this decision, which could reduce spending in the short term, risks worsening health inequalities