the government announces “exceptional aid” of 500 million euros

This is not “inflation aid” but rather “aid to support establishments whose activity has progressed in 2023 but whose financial situation is weakened”, clarified the Ministry of Health .

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The Minister for Health, Frédéric Valletoux, and the Minister for Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, on February 14, 2024 at the Elysée.  (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

The government announced on Friday February 16 that it would release a “exceptional help” of 500 million euros for “sustain” health establishments in financial difficulty and “return” in addition 470 million credits entered in the Social Security budget for 2023 and “not consumed”.

“The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister have repeatedly recalled the priority they wish to give to our health system” and want today “support establishments in the difficulties they encounter”writes the Ministry of Labor, Health and Solidarity in a press release.

The ARS responsible for distributing aid

The executive therefore decided, on the one hand, “to grant exceptional aid of 500 million euros to public and private establishments for the year 2023” and, on the other hand, “return” to establishments under endowment (public and private non-profit) “470 million euros of unused credits” provided for in the Social Security budget voted for 2023.

It’s not about“inflation aid” but many“aid to support establishments whose activity has progressed in 2023, but whose financial situation is weakened”, specified the Ministry of Health. The exceptional aid will be distributed by regional health agencies.


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