Taxis: the State Wants to Lighten the Bill

The government wants to reform the reimbursement of patient transport, which costs six billion euros to the Social Security. The new system will impose a fixed fee of thirteen euros for the first kilometres and, above all, will no longer reimburse patient-free returns. The aim is to achieve 300 million euros of savings. For some drivers, this represents a large part of their turnover. Snail operations have taken place in several cities in France…

"In the coming weeks, we will be working on the details of the decisions, measures and guidelines to be taken," said Prime Minister François Bayrou at a press briefing at the end of this meeting aimed at finding a solution to the conflict that has been brought about in the near future.

A week after the start of the taxi strike, the Prime Minister met with their representatives this Saturday.

The demonstrations of taxis against the reform of health transport bring back old grudges against the VTC and the State