The projected increase in health spending for 2023 could exceed 3.5% compared to 2022, the delegate of the Minister for Health Professions, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, told France Inter on Saturday.
The bill for the financing of social security “will be on the 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 Agnès Firmin Le Bodo.
The hospital “sick for several years”
The minister had a word for the hospital system which has been “sick for several years”.
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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.
After the abysmal records of 2020 (-30 billion) and 2021 (-26 billion), losses are still expected to reach 19 billion this year and remain at over 13 billion next year and beyond.
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