After two months of arm wrestling over the Social Security budget, the biologists' unions called on Thursday for a new "
renewable strike
" from December 1, considering that they had received "
no concrete response
" from Health Insurance to their latest proposal.
Received at Health Insurance on Monday, after their three-day strike last week, the four liberal biologist unions had submitted a "
compromise
" to their interlocutor, demanding a response by Wednesday evening at the latest.
Opposed to the "
permanent planing blow
" of 250 million euros per year - included in the Social Security budget (PLFSS) for 2023 - they consented to a drain of the same amount next year, reduced to 145 million in 2024 to 2026. But at the end of their ultimatum, they deplore having received “
no concrete answer
”, in a letter of which AFP obtained a copy.
The Director of Health Insurance, Thomas Fatôme, however welcomed their "
strong commitments
", while hoping that the exchanges could "
continue to allow the achievement of the objective set
" in the PLFSS, according to another letter consulted. by AFP.
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Too little for the biologists, who demand "
a written and quantified return to (their) proposal
" before resuming discussions and consider that they have "
no other choice
" than to "go
on strike renewable from December 1
".
A date chosen in order to “
join the movement initiated by other health professions
”, in particular liberal doctors, most of whose unions are calling for the closing of practices on December 1 and 2.
Contacted, Health Insurance "
regrets this new call for a strike which can only complicate the lives of patients and their access to care
", while "
the proposals of the biologists were going in the right direction
» and that she «
offered them a new meeting next Tuesday
».