A hundred million euros more deficit to be expected for the social security budget

In the absence of a majority in the executive, the government passes in force for the Social Security budget. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne triggered Article 49.3 on Wednesday, to pass the 2023 Social Security draft budget without a vote unless a motion of censure is adopted.

The executive has incorporated several amendments, increasing the deficit by “100 million euros” according to the Ministry of Health, in particular to increase by decree the national “floor rate” per hour of intervention of the assistance services. home, a measure resulting from cross-party work in the Assembly.

Several integrated amendments

Instead of the 6.8 billion initially forecast, the deficit is now estimated at around 7.3 billion next year, after an initial adjustment of some 400 million euros following the examination of the “revenue” component. of this Social Security budget.

Among the other amendments adopted, there is the importance, during prevention appointments at key ages of life, of the detection of cancers, sexual violence, or even issues of loss of autonomy. Another amendment will extend the experimentation of therapeutic cannabis by one year.