The government’s health announcements, the Republicans attack public finances… Those informed on the morning of Monday April 8, 2024

The themes :

Government announcements on health : real novelty or communications operation? Lhe Prime Minister Gabriel Attal made several announcements concerning the health policy carried out by the government and more precisely to facilitate access to care: pharmacists will be able to directly prescribe antibiotics for tonsillitis from the month of June, the number of places in second year of medicine will increase from 10,000 today to 16,000 in 2027. And the measure which is the most controversial is the establishment of this “rabbit tax”, a sanction of 5 euros for patients who pose a rabbit to their doctor, without having canceled 24 hours before the scheduled appointment. Objective, recover 15 to 20 million appointments each year.

Public finances: the lifeline for the Republicans? The right has decided to make public finances one of the two major themes of its European campaign. Haro on the government therefore, after the public deficit skidded to 5.5% of GDP this year.

The guests :

Agathe Lambret, journalist in the political department, co-presenter of the weekend morning show on franceinfo

Gilles Bornsteinpolitical columnist at franceinfo TV

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