One hundred taxi drivers gather in front of the Ministry of Health in Paris to protest against compulsory healthcare carpooling. Taxi drivers are denouncing Article 30 of the French Social Security Financing Act, which amends the rules governing medical transport. Patients who refuse a shared transport offer with another patient, without a valid medical reason, will have to pay in advance, and will only be reimbursed on the basis of the price of a shared transport. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES