Unkept medical appointments: four questions about "rabbit tax" wanted by Gabriel Attal
One way, according to the Prime Minister, to “respond to a major concern of the French: the ability to find an appointment within acceptable deadlines”. Gabriel Attal clarified, on Saturday April 6, to several regional press dailies, the outlines of a “rabbit tax” which will consist of charging 5 euros in the event of absence from a doctor’s appointment. With this penalty, the government hopes to free up millions of slots lost each year and make patients responsible.
Already announced in his general policy speech in January, the “rabbit tax” is part of a series of measures intended to facilitate access to city care.
On January 30 at the National Assembly, Gabriel Attal presented during his general policy speech the outlines of a measure based on a “simple principle”. “QWhen you have a doctor’s appointment and you don’t come without warning, you pay.”declared the head of government.
Absent from public debate since, the proposal reappears among the series of measures announced by Gabriel Attal on Saturday to respond to the crisis in the healthcare system. The tenant of Matignon sees in this “rabbit tax”, “an accountability mechanism” patients. According to him, increasing absenteeism hampers the effectiveness of the health system.
The principle of this tax had already been proposed and voted on by the Senate, on first reading of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2024, recalls Public Senate. The amendment was rejected by the Assembly and deleted from the final version of the text, adopted using article 49.3 last December.
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