New taxEndedSocial security and healthcareNational

Supplementary health insurers' contribution to funding GPs' patient-list payments in 2017

The 2017 Social Security Financing Act renews for 2017, with its amount set directly in the law, the contribution from mutual insurers, insurance companies and provident institutions to fund doctors' flat-rate payments (referring-doctor patient-list payment). It equals €5 per covered beneficiary or dependant aged 16 or over, excluding complementary universal health cover recipients, and goes to the national health insurance fund. It is collected with the additional solidarity tax. The 2018 Act (art. 21) created a similar contribution for 2018 at €8.10.

Measure originators

InitiatorGVT
Christian Eckert
Gouvernement
InitiatorGVT
Marisol Touraine
Gouvernement
Amount
5 €/year
Impact on public finances
Brings in 146 m € (one-off)2017 estimate · Social security
Source of the estimate: PLFSS 2017 – Annexe 10 (fiches d'évaluation préalable des articles), article 19 (Official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date
1 January 2017

Measure impact

Supplementary health insurers active on 31 December 2017: €5 per covered person aged 16 or over (excluding CMU-C), due for 2017. The cost may be passed on to policyholders' premiums.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2016-1827 du 23 décembre 2016 (LFSS 2017), art. 31
Official Journal: JORF n° 0299 du 24 décembre 2016

Procedure timeline

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Completed
1 January 2017

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

Entrée en application de la mesure.
Completed
23 December 2016

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2016-1827 de financement de la sécurité sociale pour 2017 (JO du 24 décembre 2016).
Completed
22 December 2016

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2016-742 DC sur la LFSS pour 2017.