We knew that the security hole was going to widen abysmally this year because of the health crisis, but not so much.
According to the European Social Space media, the social accounts deficit should reach ... 53.1 billion euros this year, against a deficit of 5.1 billion initially expected, with a return to the red of all branches : -31.1 billion for health insurance and -17.4 billion for retirement insurance, but also -3.1 billion for the family and -1.7 billion for work accidents, two branches that were in surplus for several years.
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These unofficial figures were, however, deemed reliable enough to be reproduced at a press meeting in the Senate, organized by the Association of Social Information Journalists (Ajis).
They should be confirmed on Tuesday, during the meeting of the Social Security Accounts Committee (CCSS), the starting point for the budgetary discussion on the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) which will be discussed in Parliament this autumn.
But these figures are in line with those unveiled in June, at the previous meeting of the CCSS.
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The Social Security financing bill is all the more expected this year since there was no amending law this summer, despite the health crisis which led to a substantial increase in the national expenditure target. health insurance (Ondam, multiplied by nearly 4), a significant budget extension for Public Health France on the health insurance accounts to finance masks and other equipment, a major deficit in basic social security schemes, etc.
Not to mention that themes normally reserved for Social Security have been taken out of the scope: the organic and ordinary laws relating to social debt and autonomy, which have organized transfers to the Social Debt Amortization Fund (Cades) excluding PLFSS.
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At the same time, on the state budget, there were three amending finance bills.
But this is not an obligation for the Social Security budget (while paradoxically it weighs more: 500 billion, versus 300 billion for the state budget).
There has only been a corrective PLFSS twice since the 1996 reform: in 2011 after the financial crisis and in 2014 with the responsibility pact.
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The social partners, complementary organizations, and parliamentarians are awaiting further information as the presentation of the text approaches.
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