Overview

• The Comité d’alerte tasked with monitoring health spending warns of a serious risk that 2025 outlays will breach the national target by over €1.3 billion
• Daily sickness benefits rose 6.7% from January to April compared with a 4% forecast, adding roughly €500 million to potential overspending
• Elevated medication expenses and hospital activity in the first quarter of 2025 contribute an estimated €800 million to the projected deficit
• The government has earmarked €1.1 billion in exceptional reserves for health and social care but experts question whether these funds can cover outpatient cost overruns
• The Health and Economy ministries will review proposals from national insurance funds before swiftly enacting corrective cost-control measures