Question 9441 — pharmacy and medications

Summary

Mr. Emeric Salmon draws the attention of the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families to the worrying consequences of the lowering of the maximum rebate ceiling on generic medicines. This measure, recently announced, considerably weakens the economic model of pharmacies. Already faced with a general increase in their costs and a continued deterioration in their margins, thousands of pharmacies are threatened with closure, particularly in rural areas where they often constitute the last local link in the health system. However, the role of pharmacists is essential in matters of public health: guaranteed access to medicines, therapeutic support, prevention actions, participation in ongoing care. Their disappearance in certain areas would permanently weaken equal access to care. By elsewhere, the expected savings from the reduction in the rebate ceiling on generics are indirect and largely uncertain, while the social and health cost of a reduction in pharmacy coverage would be immediate and massive. Consequently, he wishes to know what precise assessments have been carried out by the Government on the real impact of this measure and whether it intends to reconsider this decision in order to preserve the irreplaceable role of pharmacists in the organization of care and the health cohesion of territories.

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