Like every year, beneficiaries of social minima dependent on the Family Allowance Fund (CAF), the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) and France Travail, will receive this welcome boost for the end-of-year holidays.
Although we do not yet know the precise amounts, they vary little from one year to the next. Thus in 2023, they would vary, for recipients of Active Solidarity Income (RSA), between €152 and €535. It is usually paid on December 15, but this year, as this date falls on a Sunday, it should instead be paid on the 13th or 16th.
Bad news for patients: the prices for consultations with private doctors will increase, from €26.50 to €30 at the general practitioner for adults, and from €31.50 to €35 for children under 6 years old, and this from December 1st. For their part, specialist doctors will also increase their prices. An agreement which is valid for 5 years.
To control dependence on codeine and tramadol (powerful painkillers which can lead to the risk of addiction), the national drug safety agency has decreed that these two drugs can no longer be delivered except by secure prescription, which is more difficult to forge than a traditional prescription. They can, moreover, only be prescribed for a maximum of 12 weeks.
Still bad news for consumers, the drop in gas prices in November will not last. After a very sharp increase in July, prices have continued to fall and then increase over the last few months. For the last month of the year, prices are expected to rise sharply again.
The fault, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), of “ monthly and quarterly price variations on the French wholesale gas markets “. In December, the average price increase should be 2.5%, rising from €40.33 per megawatt hour (MWh), compared to €37.79 in November.
As published in the Official Journal (JO) of November 9, the salary scales in the hotel and catering industry will be revalued on December 1. Thus, the basic salary will be the conventional minimum of €12, and not the hourly minimum wage rate of €11.88.
