Former social affairs inspector Annick Morel will deliver her verdict at 11:00 am to the six unions representing liberal doctors, several of whose officials have announced this meeting, by way of a press release or via social networks.
The same ones who, at the end of February, had rejected en bloc the proposal of the Health Insurance, despite an envelope of 1.5 billion euros per year, in the long term, to upgrade the consultations.
The doctors had thus said no to a general, unconditional increase of 1.50 euros, which would have brought the basic tariff of general practitioners to 26.50 euros - for a total cost of 600 million in a full year.
Too little for unions who demanded a minimum of 30 euros, and had fought against the "territorial commitment contract" opening this second level of price to practitioners accepting certain compensation: take more patients, do night guards, practice in a medical desert, work on Saturday mornings ...
The lack of agreement has also led to the fall of other measures in favour of medical assistants, "unscheduled care" (walk-in) and attending physicians, declared priorities of the government.
These could, however, be recovered in the "arbitration rules" drafted by Ms. Morel, ultimately submitted to the validation of the Minister of Health, François Braun.
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But the executive intends to be generally less generous than the Sécu, to push doctors to resume discussions. "We all have an interest in signing something changing," explained the minister's entourage at the end of February, after the failure of negotiations.
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