2023-10-16 22:33:38
The renewable strike movement of liberal doctors was launched on Friday, in particular to demand the “urgent” reopening of new price negotiations with Health Insurance.
The inter-union of liberal doctors, which launched a renewable strike at the end of last week, has decided to continue the movement, pending a new meeting on Tuesday evening, it said Monday evening. The renewable strike movement of liberal doctors was launched on Friday, to demand the reopening “urgent” new price negotiations with Health Insurance, and the modification of the Valletoux bill on access to care, which will be examined at the end of October in the Senate.
The inter-union wants to read the government’s framework letter for future negotiations, which must be made public on Tuesday. “The inter-union will decide” on continuing or stopping the movement “depending on the letter”, indicated Doctor Philippe Cuq, president of the Bloc (surgeons’ union) and spokesperson for the inter-union. According to information given Monday by the office of Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau, the letter will reflect the fact that the minister has heard the “very high expectations” doctors regarding the revaluation of consultation rates.
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“The attractiveness of liberal medicine” at stake
But the minister also expects doctors to be able to “help and support public authorities” towards better control of health spending, the same source explained. In the letter, the minister proposes four avenues for negotiations: “the attractiveness of liberal medicine” (remuneration, quality of life at work and reduction of administrative burdens, end of career, etc.), “the relevance and quality of care” (monitoring and controlling health product prescriptions and work stoppages), “the place of the attending physician and the specialist” faced with the challenges of population aging and the prevalence of chronic diseases, and finally “other methods of remuneration” than consultation.
The government wants negotiations between representative unions and Health Insurance to begin “as quickly as possible”, and hopes for a first meeting at the end of October, indicated the cabinet of Aurélien Rousseau. The inter-union brings together all the representative unions (Avenir Spé-Le Bloc, CSMF, MG France, FMF, SML, and UFML-S), unions of young and future doctors, and the Doctors for Tomorrow collective.
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