The National Assembly rejected Saturday, November 4, in an almost deserted hemicycle, the motion of censure of La France insoumise, which had been tabled after Elisabeth Borne’s appeal to 49.3 on the part ” expenses “ and on the entire Social Security budget.
This 23e motion of censure faced by the Prime Minister obtained 89 votes out of the 289 required to bring down the government. This rejection constitutes adoption at first reading of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS), which must now be examined in the Senate.
The text notably provides for a larger Social Security deficit than in the last financing law in April, estimated at 8.8 billion euros in 2023, then 11.2 billion in 2024. The accounts are weighed down in particular by the increase health insurance expenses.
Measures that tense the oppositions
If it contains consensual measures for the deployment of the papillomavirus vaccination campaign at schools, free condoms for those under 26, or even the reimbursement of reusable periodic protection for women under 26 , certain measures of the PLFSS tense the oppositions.
It notably includes the possibility of suspending an insured’s daily allowances when a doctor mandated by his employer judges his work stoppage to be unjustified, or the reduction of reimbursement in the event of refusal of shared medical transport.
Another measure crystallized the opposition’s criticisms, without appearing in the text: the possible doubling of the remainder payable by policyholders for medicines (currently 50 cents per box) and consultations (1 euro). Uncertainty also remains in place for another explosive measure: the contribution of Agirc-Arrco, a supplementary private pension fund. If the government has given up ” at this stage “ to puncture it, he does not completely exclude the idea. “I prefer to let the social partners find solutions, rather than constrain the resources of Agirc-Arrco”assured Elisabeth Borne on Monday.