2024-10-28 17:25:00
The executive is considering a tax on processed sugars, focused on sweets and sugary drinks. Objective: to save 5 billion euros to finance social security, curbing catastrophic eating habits. But the measure, defended by Health Minister Geneviève Darrieussecq, is struggling to convince everyone.
Do you want a sweet or salty tax? As lawmakers work on the Social Security budget for 2025, the idea of an “anti-sugar” tax takes shape. “Yes, I am in favor of taxes on processed sugars,” the minister said Sunday at the Tribune. The idea is not to penalize traders, pastry chefs and artisans would be spared, but the wallet would suffer if it were necessary to purchase sweet-tasting beers, strong spirits or more generally processed products.
For some observers it is above all a new budgetary lever; for others it is a further signal in the fight against chronic diseases. The Social Affairs Committee supports the measure, although a complete review of this bill remains on the Assembly’s agenda.
According to Le Figaro, more than 2,200 amendments for the Social Security budget are already on the table. In addition to this idea of taxation, the issue of reimbursement for care raises many questions. In fact, the government has also put forward the idea of lowering the reimbursement from 70% to 60% for some consultations, which could lead to an increase in supplementary contributions, weighing on Well on the poorest families.
If the topic is the health of the French and some money to be made for social security, perhaps we can count on a reduction in sugar rather than a reduction in care?
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