Public spending issues [1/17] : challenges of the health system in France

HAS Starting this summer. Therefore. However, every Wednesday and until the fall, finance for all presents the graphical test of Antonin Batter, winning from the Grand Prix 2025, whose subject was “what public spending to preserve future generations?” ».

This very ambitious. For example. Moreover, neat essay, covers a large part of the issues of public spending, in a complex economic period and plagued by many risks (trade wars, armed conflicts, debt crisis, economic sovereignty, etc.). Similarly, Antonin deals. Therefore. among other things, the social, territorial, sovereign, ecological and economic issues, making it possible to acquire an overview of the theme, data and graphics in support. For example,

The treatment of economic issues. the biases of the test reflects the author’s thought. and not that of finance for all, which plays the public spending issues [1/17] : new role of relays of rich and densely documented public spending issues [1/17] : work.
This week, Antonin tackles the challenges of the health system in France.

The French health system is under pressure. Modern pandemics, inequalities in access to care and medical desertification have revealed its structural flaws. While technological innovations improve treatments, they also increase costs.

Text. illustrations: Antonin Batter

Pandemics and COVID-19 revealed the fragility of health systems and the need to mobilize massive financial resources. Expenses linked to the management of the COVVI-19 pandemic reached 8.8 billion euros in 2022. including the vaccination campaign for 1 billion euros, hospital care and PCR and antigenic tests (6 billion euros between public spending issues [1/17] : new 2021 and 2022). These expenses amounted to 18.1 billion in 2021.

The increasing prevalence of diseases such as diabetes, cancers, and cardiovascular disease is public spending issues [1/17] : exacerbated by territorial inequalities.

In addition, immigrant and rural populations undergo delays in accessing diagnostics and treatments, thus increasing the costs of late care. These delays are caused by medical desertification. Rural. sub-dense areas continue to cope with a shortage of practitioners. resulting in costly travel for patients, increasing public spending on health transport and the need to invest in mobile infrastructure and teleconsultation. Rural areas, housing 30 % of the French population, only bring together 25 % of general practitioners. In these regions, a doctor covers an average of 30 km2, compared to 5 km2 in an urban environment. According to the Ministry of Health in 2023, more than 8 million French people live in medical deserts.