Overview

• The Conseil de l'Assurance maladie issued a consultative negative opinion on the government's plan to double medical franchises.
• François Bayrou said on RTL he would not publish the decrees before the confidence vote and rejected any "passage en force."
• Drafts envisage doubling unit charges to €2 per medicine box, €4–€5 per medical act or consultation, and €8 for sanitary transport.
• Annual caps on these charges would rise to €100 per person, up from €50, under the proposed decrees.
• Union representatives, Mutualité and the family associations opposed the plan, employer groups mostly backed it, and the government argues the hikes would help curb health spending.