The projected increase in healthcare spending for 2023 could exceed 3.5% compared to 2022, the minister delegated to the health professions, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, told France Inter on Saturday 17 September. The social security funding bill “will rise with an Ondam (national target for health spending) that will exceed 3.5%,” said the minister. This bill will be presented to the Council of Ministers on September 26, added Ms Firmin Le Bodo.
The minister had a word for the hospital system which has been “sick for several years”. Health insurance unveiled measures in July to keep its spending to € 1.2 billion next year, which will not be enough to fill a double-digit deficit. This deficit has been largely widened by Covid.
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