On Wednesday April 26, Emmanuel Macron announced an envelope of 1.5 billion euros and 70 measures to improve the daily lives of people with disabilities. Among them is the full reimbursement of wheelchairs. Associations and activists say they are skeptical.
Suffering from a neuromuscular disease since childhood, Franck Maille, referent accessibility ofAPF France Handicap, must use a wheelchair. Essential, but expensive: “5,300 euros, reimbursed up to 603 euros by Social Security and 300 euros by my mutual”he describes. The rest is up to him, ie nearly 4,000 euros, not counting the 500 euros on average per year for the maintenance of his chair.
The contours of the measure to be defined
In 2024, money should no longer be a concern. Emmanuel Macron said that the chairs would be taken care of at 100%even the most specific ones. Hope for the 600,000 people concerned. For disabled tennis player Pauline Unwind“it is a duty on the part of the government to give all people with disabilities access to the care, equipment and chairs they need.“It remains to define the contours of this measure before its application in 2024.
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