It is a meeting that could record an increase in consultation rates. Two months after the failure of their negotiations with the Health Insurance, the unions of liberal doctors have an appointment this Monday with the senior official designated to "arbitrate" the file.
Former social affairs inspector Annick Morel will deliver her verdict at 11 a.m. to the six unions representing liberal doctors, several of whose officials have announced this meeting, by way of a statement or via social networks. At the end of February, these unions had rejected the proposal of the Health Insurance, despite an envelope of 1.5 billion euros per year, in the long term, to upgrade the consultations.
Doctors' refusal of a €1.5 increase
The doctors had thus said no to a general, unconditional increase of 1.50 euros, which would have brought the basic tariff of general practitioners to 26.50 euros - for a total cost of 600 million in a full year. Too little for unions who demanded a minimum of 30 euros, and had fought against the "territorial commitment contract" opening this second level of price to practitioners accepting certain compensation: take more patients, do night shifts, practice in a medical desert, work on Saturday mornings ...
The lack of agreement has also led to the abandonment of other measures in favour of medical assistants, "unscheduled care" (walk-in) and attending physicians, declared priorities of the government. These could, however, be recovered in the "arbitration regulations" drafted by Annick Morel, ultimately submitted to the validation of the Minister of Health, François Braun.
But the executive intends to be generally less generous than the Sécu, to push doctors to resume discussions. "We all have an interest in signing something changing," explained the minister's entourage at the end of February, after the failure of negotiations.
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