2023-05-30 21:01:44
Several European countries have already merged vital card and identity card, in particular Estonia, Portugal, and Belgium. shocky / stock.adobe.com
To fight against “medical tourism”, which would cause the state to lose several million euros a year, the executive is betting on a hybrid electronic identity card. And at the same time dismisses the biometric track.
A small revolution. As part of his plan against social fraud, the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal has opened the door to a merger between the Vitale card and the identity card. “It is both a measure of simplification and an additional guarantee on the identity of the person and the associated rights.“, he defended Monday in an interview with the Parisian.
The proposal does not come out of nowhere: it comes from a joint report by the General Inspectorates of Social Affairs (Igas) and Finance (IGF). According to the two institutions,a migration of the social security number to identity documents would make it possible to respond to fraud“. THE “loans» et «locations“Vitale card are in the viewfinder of the executive. Through these illegal maneuvers, thousands of fraudsters benefit from health benefits, despite their lack of social security registration or deregistration of rights. Others seek to procure multiple times, under multiple…
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