More and more families Stop paying the services of prepaid medicine companies And he returns to social works, or decides to attend directly to the public hospital, which threatens to cause, in the medium term, a collapse in the Argentine health system.
This was warned by the head of the Argentine Health Union (UAS), Hugo Magonza.
Although he explained that “it is difficult to do an analysis in such a dynamic situation, with all the variables in motion,” Magonza said: “I observe a new phenomenon: people with pathologies that stop paying the prepaid and returns to social work or the public hospital.”
The Magonza Declaration, which reflects the loss of income from the average sectorsoccurred within the framework of an interview in the “Health seriously” program, issued by the streaming signal @estoeslp.
Magonza replaced the head of the entity to the head of the Swiss Medical Group, Claudio Belocopittin mid -2024, after it was wrapped in A controversy with the National Government for the increases in quotas after the deregulation of the system, included in Decree 70/2023, shortly after Javier Milei assumes the Presidency.
The business leader also referred to the concentration phenomenon suffered by the health sector, warning that in Argentina “For many years laws were sanctioned that uploaded the rod of benefits, but unfortunately, one of the consequences was that the little ones did not reach that rod and were staying on the road. The concentration is an unwanted consequence of those measures.”
He also assured that The fees of quotas applied in the last two years by the prepaid were “below inflation” and “well below the dollar.”
Magonza also recognized something that the main players in the sector usually say only in private: he said that there is a Increasing weight of the item drugs and medications in the cost structure of health coverage, which in a few years went under 20%, to exceed 40%.
“There are already government people working on that,” Magonza said.
Fast reading
What is the phenomenon observed in prepaid medicine? More and more families stop paying prepaid medicine services and return to the public hospital.
Who made these statements? The statements were made by Hugo Mainzholder of the Argentine Health Union (UAS).
When did the statement occur? The statement was conducted during an interview in the “Health seriously” program.
What factor affects families? The loss of income from the middle sectors leads them to abandon prepaid medicine.
What trend has been noticed in health costs? The cost of the item drugs and medications has grown significantly in the cost structure of health coverage.
