One person in eight concerned in Reunion

The announcements for the 2026 budget never stop worrying the population. Meanwhile, Among the fragile audiences in the crosshairs of François Bayrou and his government: long -term conditions. Moreover, In Reunion, more than 178,000 people suffered from an ALD in 2024, one in eight. Nevertheless, The measures that will be presented in the fall to date remain fairly vague. For example, but some tracks already cause concern – and anger – parliamentarians (photo of illustration RB/www.imazpress.com)

It is in particular a question of a possible reassessment of the conditions for taking charge of expenses related to long -term conditions (ALD). Furthermore, the maintenance of the moderator ticket in certain cases, or the end of the reimbursement of certain drugs considered as not being linked to the conditions. Furthermore,

Measures that worry, in a territory one person eight concerned reunion where the ALDs are numerous, especially due to the high prevalence of diabetes. Meanwhile, Out of 178,000 ALD in 2024, 63,000 concern diabetes, 39,000 cardiovascular disease, 16,000 cancers, and 15,000 psychiatric diseases, according to health insurance data. Furthermore,

– one in ten Reunionese with diabetes – – One person eight concerned reunion

“I learn with dismay that the senatorial majority offer a moderator ticket on ALDs among the tracks to reduce the social security deficit by 10 billion euros,” reacts the deputy Philippe Naillet. Similarly,
“This would ultimately be likely to make part of the management of these chronic diseases pay for complementary health that many Reunionese cannot have the means to have. Moreover, ” he said.
However. Consequently, the admission of the Director General of the National Caisse for Health Insurance (CNAM), Thomas Fatome, 100% ALD care is “one of the pillars one person eight concerned reunion of health insurance”. However, He wishes to “at all costs preserve him, because he protects the insured on high dependents”.

If people with diabetes “are not the most penalized by these new measures. Consequently, ” said Diane Bailleux, president of the Diabetes Nutrition 974 association (DNA974), “this may impact the detection of the disease”. Therefore,

“Diabetes affects so many people, that the treatments put in place are approved relatively unanimously. However, this may be particularly harmful to the most precarious people. It is that it is proven that precariousness is a risk factor. diabetes affects people who are already in social difficulty, and the doubling of flat-rate participations may delay the diagnosis of the disease,” she said.

At the national level. the Federation of Diabetics “alerts firmly on the risks that such a reform would pose over patient rights”.

The Federation is “fully mobilized to defend the maintenance of the ALD system as one person eight concerned reunion it exists today”.

“We believe that this device is essential to guarantee access to care without being dependent for people living with diabetes. We oppose any development that would restrict access to the device or which would decrease its scope. People with chronic patients cannot become budgetary adjustment variables,” she insists.

In 2024, 83,400 Reunionese were taken care of for diabetes, or 13% of the Reunion adult population. 63,000 of them are under ALD.

– Anger of associations –

Another track for reflection: getting out of the ALD system for “people in a healing situation. remission of certain pathologies”, such as “cancers in the remission phase”. The annoying proposal, while cancer relapses are frequent, and more and more cancers.

“How far will people affected by cancer have to justify their care needs? Cancer does not stop at the end one person eight concerned reunion of the treatments. there is always one after,” denounced the president of the league against cancer, Philippe Bergerot, in a statement.

“In other words, this proposal directly threatens patients in remission! And intensing as well as post-cancer monitoring would count less, the Prime Minister refers them to invisibility,” he protested.

“The Prime Minister evokes the exclusion of non-ALD treatment of 100 % care: this is already the case today with. the Bi-Zone order. If drifts are noted. once again it is up to the prescribers to respect the rules in force”, Tack France Assos Health.

“As for drugs with low medical interest. certain treatments currently deemed ‘of comfort’ are essential to guarantee adherence to heavy treatments (oncology and hematology), in the management of side effects related to treatments”, insists the federation.

While the government wants to turn to the reimbursement of drugs that are not related to ADL. there is now “a one person eight concerned reunion significant risk of loss of luck for the most disadvantaged people who will stop treatment with regard to adverse effects, because they will no longer be able to finance these treatments which will no longer be taken care of, neither in the context of ALD, nor by mutuals”, alerts the association.

– Aging of the population –

This reform worries all the more since Reunion “knows an aging of its population. an increase in chronic pathologies such as diabetes, strokes, cancers etc”, recalls Philippe Naillet. The island “cannot pay the price for such a deeply unfair policy.”

“Prevention. still lagging behind, must take its entire share with the implementation in particular of systematic screenings as recommended by the Court of Auditors in its report published on July 8,” said the deputy.

“From 2026 3.9 billion euros in savings are targeted in the health insurance funds. A substantial figure one person eight concerned reunion to which it is advisable to add the 1.56 billion additional savings to be achieved by the end of 2025. A massive austerity cure justified by the increase in expenditure. itself caused by the increase in ALDs (in particular cancers) and the number of sick leave as well as by sick leave as well as The choice of all-upstairs that exploded the costs of transport “, castigates Gaillard Perceval side.

The deputy recalls that “using only one fifth of the Zucman tax income within the framework of the PLFSS 2026”. which was rejected by the government, “we could absorb this increase in health spending by not penalizing the patients”. “This is a political choice. To protect its ultra-rock friends. the government prefers to charge the sick, all with the support of LR and the RN,” he denounces.

For Philippe Naillet. “this proposal is therefore unacceptable and unthinkable for the Reunion and one person eight concerned reunion Reunionese and I will oppose it with vigor and determination if it were to be examined in the National Assembly”.
“Other tracks of revenue is also possible. as recommended by the seven Nobel Prize winners of economics which called on July 7, to set up a minimum tax on the richest heritage on the model of the” Zucman tax “that the Senate had rejected last June after its adoption in the National Assembly”, he abounds.
“We must stop attacking the most vulnerable: our health is precious, it cannot be an adjustment variable!” Says the elected official.

The games are not made, however. The parliamentary holidays started – just after the announcement of this austerity plan -. Additionally, the deputies will not be called upon to vote until October on the social security financing bill (PLFSS) 2026. If the text is not imposed by force by 49.3.

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