Doctors: the pension fund cancels the increase in pensions in 2023

There will be no advanced training for 85,000 retired doctors next year. “With great bitterness,” the doctors’ pension fund (Carmf) “decided to cancel the 4.8% pension increase effective January 1, 2023,” the organization said in a statement on Tuesday. This decision concerns only the supplementary scheme for doctors, which amounts to almost half of their pension, supplemented by the basic pension and the so-called “supplementary” pension.

Carmf rejects responsibility for this in the Social Security Funding Bill (PLFSS), which provides an exemption from old-age contributions for retired doctors who resume liberal activities next year, below the income level set by the decree. The measure “responsible for a €73 million drop in contributions” for Carmf, which received no guarantee of compensation and therefore “had to take” an “extreme” decision to “maintain financial balance and intergenerational harmony”.

“Temporary” effect, according to the government

By returning the ball to the government, the foundation “wishes that the guardianship authorities, which are solely responsible for this state of affairs, quickly find a way out of this situation.”

In response, the government claims that the exemption is “temporary” and that it is “widely requested by physicians.” Consequently, “we are not planning any compensation” for the supplementary pension and “let the scheme organize itself,” says Labor Minister Olivier Dussaud’s entourage.

On the other hand, there will be compensation for contributions under the basic scheme, which is about 20% of the pensions of retired doctors, recalls the cabinet of Minister of Health François Braun.