Medical franchises: the government renounces the immediate doubling of the ceiling

The government has revised its position on medical deductibles. Faced with criticism from patient associations and several organizations of health professionals, the executive abandoned the project of an immediate doubling of the annual ceiling, which was to increase from 100 to 200 euros for those with social insurance.

Health Minister Stéphanie Rist indicated to Le Figaro this Wednesday that a new reform was now being considered, based on indexation to inflation since 2005. “We are now working on a fair reform, based on indexation to inflation since 2005. The increase will therefore be significantly lower than that initially envisaged,” she declared, recognizing that the initial choice may have seemed “brutal”.

A measure arousing opposition from associations

The doubling of medical deductibles, announced a few weeks earlier to limit the increase in health spending, concerned medicines, paramedical procedures, transport and medical consultations. The measure aroused opposition from France Assos Santé, MG France and Convergence nurse. “Associations, health professionals and patients told us that an immediate doubling of the ceiling in one go seemed excessive. We heard it,” explained Stéphanie Rist.