This aid will no longer take into account the income of the spouse, as claimed by the associations. This deconjugalization had been rejected several times last year.
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The government will reform the disabled adult allowance (AAH) in order to calculate it individually, announced the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, Wednesday, July 6. “We will start from the principle of deconjugalization”she said in front of the deputies during her general policy speech, that is to say without taking into account the income of the spouse, as demanded by the associations.
The Prime Minister, who announced the organization of a “national disability conference” beginning of 2023, assured that the government would act in favor of “autonomy of people with disabilities” and some “transformation of medico-social structures”.
Emmanuel Macron promised in April to “to move” on the individualisation of the disabled adult allowance. However, his government and his majority had rejected this proposal several times last year, to the great displeasure of the associations. LREM considered this measure unfair because it benefited both the poor and the wealthy without distinction.
Created in 1975, the AAH is intended to compensate for the inability to work. With a maximum amount of 904 euros per month, it is paid on medical and social criteria. It now has more than 1.2 million beneficiaries, including 270,000 couples, for an annual expenditure of around 11 billion euros.
Last year, 22 organizations and associations, including APF France Handicap, called on Emmanuel Macron to “a historic reform”for “consider this allowance above all as an individual subsistence income”.