The social security financing bill (PLFSS) passes this Tuesday on the benches of the National Assembly in first reading. While some amendments like the modulation of family allowances made a lot of noise, others went unnoticed. This is the case of a provision which proposes to penalize more severely the social insured who would try to disengage from Social Security or to encourage other people to do so.
The recalcitrant who would like to get out of the Social Security regime will now be exposed, if the PLFSS is voted, to one year in prison and / or a fine of 15,000 euros, ie double the current prison sentence.
As for those who would push affiliates to the Social Security to leave, the sanction would be even heavier: up to 30,000 euros fine and two years in prison.
Why such a measure? More and more French people are leaving Social Security to subscribe to less expensive private health insurance. Between January 1 and September 30, 2014, according to the Social Regime for Independents (RSI), nearly 500 people deserted the Social Security, reports BFMTV.
Gérard Bapt, the PS rapporteur of the bill, says more about the profile of these protesters: they are “business leaders, irreducible Gauls, who refuse the Social Security system and claim to be affiliated with private insurance by arguing about European law, which gives rise to interminable procedures. “
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