Overview
- France’s seven representative unions for liberal doctors urge practitioners to begin postponing all appointments scheduled from January 5.
- UFML instructs doctors to close bookings from January 5–15, while surgeons with Le Bloc plan to extend their stoppage to January 19, with guidance for practitioners to base themselves in Brussels to avoid requisitions.
- A large national demonstration is scheduled in Paris on January 7.
- Unions target Article 24, which would let Assurance Maladie revise certain fees unilaterally when “excessive profitability” is found, and Article 26, which would add surcharges to sector 2 supplements and sector 3 income.
- Organizations call for additional pressure tactics starting December 3, including refusing France Santé engagement contracts, pausing updates to the shared medical record, and systematically seeking validation of sick-leave notes by the insurer’s medical service.