The government has overestimated the losses of Social Security in 2020, to better collect the unpaid in 2021 and post a sharply declining deficit, said Tuesday the Court of Auditors, which refuses to certify part of the last financial year.
The calculation of Social Security revenue over the past two years "
does not give a true picture of the deficit and its evolution
", indicates the Court in its annual report of certification of the accounts.
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At issue: the contributions of self-employed workers, whose installments had been “
halved
” at the start of the health crisis, resulting in a “
reduced amount
” of resources in 2020. But “
following the adjustments made in 2021
” , the result was “
symmetrically
” “
increased
” by 5 billion euros, which should have been attached to the previous year.
It would therefore have been necessary to reduce the historical deficit of 2020 by the same amount (-38.8 billion) and widen in the same proportion that of 2021 (-24.4 billion), even if it meant assuming a
less spectacular "
recovery ".
“
This request was not followed
” by the government, which “
affects to a very significant extent the very reading of the Social Security accounts
”, deplores the Court.
As every year, the report also points to an upsurge in "
errors
" in the reimbursement of health costs, for a cost estimated at at least 2.5 billion euros in 2021, "
mainly to the detriment of health insurance
" .
.
Same trend for benefits paid by the family branch – in particular the RSA, the activity bonus and housing aid – for a total estimated at 5.3 billion.
Only the pension funds are doing a little better: the share of new pensions “
affected by at least one error of financial scope
” fell from 16.4% to 14%.
