Twist the arm of the unvaccinated.
The government is trying to do it with a series of measures.
The latest, the transformation of the health pass into a vaccination pass.
But some are putting forward more radical ideas, such as that of charging for care from which the unvaccinated would benefit, in particular their passage in intensive care.
A year ago already, Guillaume Lacroix, president of the Radical Left Party, had this idea: "Society must bear the cost of vaccines, not the expenses of those who refuse to protect themselves and to protect others".
An amendment was even tabled on Thursday, December 30 (and since rejected) by Sébastien Huyghe, LR deputy from the North.
It provides that "the costs of illness linked to contamination with the coronavirus be reimbursed according to a system of deductibles for non-vaccinated people in proportions fixed by decree of the Council of State".
A measure neither on the government table, nor acclaimed by caregivers
The measure exists outside our borders.
In Singapore, the government has decided to no longer cover medical costs related to Covid-19 for people not vaccinated by choice.
"People who are not vaccinated represent a large majority of those who need intensive care and contribute disproportionately to the pressure on our health infrastructure," said the Ministry of Health.
In France, the measure is neither on the government table nor popular with caregivers.
“We treat people who behave very badly, like prisoners.
There is a question of enormous scale, of course, but to discriminate, to punish people, like a fine, is to come to stir up a conflict; there is a need for pedagogy, ”says Thibaud Haaser, oncologist and ethicist, angry.
A right enshrined in the French Constitution
Legally, it would be very complicated to apply this measure since access to health protection is enshrined in the French Constitution.
Paragraph 11 of the Constitution of October 27, 1946 specifies that the State "guarantees to all, in particular to the child, to the mother and to the old workers, the protection of health".
This constitutional principle is then translated as follows in our Public Health Code: "no person may be discriminated against in access to prevention or treatment".
The Universal Health Protection Act of 2016 adds "to anyone who works or resides in France, a right to cover health costs, without any particular step to be taken".