PLFSS 2025-What It Means for Healthcare?
The PLFSS 2025 (Social Security Financing Bill) has been approved using Article 49.3, allowing the French government to bypass parliamentary votes.
๐ฏ Key Objectives
โ Ensure healthcare funding.
โ Control medicine and medical device costs.
โ Reduce Social Security debt.
โ What Does This Mean?
โ Automatic approval without a parliamentary vote.
โ Avoids legislative deadlocks that could delay reforms.
โ Limits democratic debate by restricting parliamentary amendments.
The French government invoked Article 49.3, significantly reducing parliamentโs ability to influence the bill by preventing a large number of amendments from being considered in public sessions.
๐ Data on Inadmissible Amendments
๐น Irrecevability 40: Financial matters.
๐น Irrecevability 41: Provisions outside the scope of the law.
๐น Irrecevability 98: "Legislative riders" (amendments unrelated to the law).
๐ Key Policies Approved in the PLFSS 2025
๐ Stricter conditions for digital medical device reimbursements.
๐ Drug price regulation and medical device cost controls.
๐ Cost-saving measures in medical biology and imaging.
๐ Prevention of medicine shortages.
๐ข Whatโs next? We will continue to track the impact of PLFSS 2025 on digital health and medical innovation in France. Stay tuned for updates!