The return to the balance of Social Security accounts in 2019, announced by the government in September, is "compromised" by the emergency measures voted in late December to respond to the crisis of "yellow vests," said Tuesday. Minister of Health, Agnes Buzyn. "The return to balance in 2019 is compromised," said Agnes Buzyn during her vows to the press. "We will have to revisit this calendar, of course, we are still aiming for a return to equilibrium", but "I have no date to give you today," she added.
The reduction of the CSG rate and the exemption from social contributions in question. For the first time since 2001, the Social Security had to show a slight surplus, of the order of 100 million euros according to the financing law voted in early December. But the "economic and social emergency measures" promised a few days later by Emmanuel Macron have changed the situation. The lowering of the CSG rate for a part of the retirees and the advancement of the exemption from social security contributions on the 1st of January - instead of the 1st of April - will effectively deprive the social security system of 2.6 billion euros. of recipes.
Reflection on the consequences of these measures. The executive has not yet said whether the state would compensate for this shortfall. "We are starting work and thinking about the consequences of these emergency measures," explained Agnès Buzyn. The government also intends to revise the financial relations between the State and the Secu on the basis of a report submitted to Parliament last year, but not yet published. This document "will serve as a basis for a work that we have to do in the coming months for the return to balance of Social Security," she said.
The minister also acknowledged that the relapse of the social accounts would have repercussions on the draft law "dependency" expected in 2019, which "will obviously take into account this time difference".