Biologists are angry: the Social Security financing bill (which is currently being discussed in Parliament) provides for medical analysis laboratories to lower their prices in order to achieve 250 million euros savings in 2023. Where the problem is that this “effort” is requested by the government until 2026, for a total saving of more than 1 billion euros in the space of 4 years …
“We will give the 250 million for 2023, it’s normal, we have experienced an exceptional situation with the Covid-19 epidemic. But there is no question of amputating 7.5% of our turnover for the years to come.explained Richard Fabre, president of the URPS Biologistes Occitanie, to our colleagues from The Dispatch. (…) It is estimated that this bill could eliminate 20% of local laboratories, i.e. between 400 and 500 in the Occitanie region.“
Blood tests and screenings: we will have to wait until Thursday
In protest, biologists have stopped transmitting Covid-19 screening data to Health Insurance since October 27, 2022. But from this Monday, November 14, 2022, a massive strike will lead to the closure of many biology laboratories. medical: this strike (announced from the outset as “very followed“) is expected to continue until Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
For blood tests and screening for viruses or bacteria (including Covid-19), you will therefore have to wait until Thursday, November 17, 2022. For emergencies, you will have to go to the hospital. On the other hand, dialysis will continue to be provided as well as chemotherapy assessments taken at home by private nurses.
