Following a meeting between the Ministry of Health, Guillermo Jaramillo, and various managers of healthcare provider organizations (EPS), and in response to an invitation from the head of the ministry to make suggestions regarding health reform, the three federations grouping insurers, the Contributory and The representatives of the concession regime reiterated their concern regarding the approved articles in the first debate.
These are Acemi, Asocajas and the Andi Insurance Chamber, who said in a statement that the reform fails to address the health system’s underlying problems and, on the contrary, proposes an “unclear” care model that “overshadows the state of health”. Can spoil” of the population”.
(Healthcare reform still doesn’t provide financial clarity for EPS).
Similarly, these three entities mention that there is a lot of confusion about the functions assigned to Primary Health Care Centers (CAPS), life managers and address which, according to the associations, “threatens the system a collapse.”
(Minsalud and EPS talked about the change in health managers).
Faced with this, they maintain that “it is not possible to solve the paper’s structural problems through propositions, nor its many processing defects, including its possible unconstitutionality.”
(Healthcare reform still doesn’t provide financial clarity for EPS).
Therefore, the unions considered that it is necessary to conduct a “comprehensive” and “detailed” review of the articles, with the involvement of all actors involved in the reform.
(Transparency for Colombia sees risk in health reform).
Finally, he insisted that the articles of reform would have to be withdrawn because, according to these three entities, “it would be important to move forward in the creation of real space for dialogue, which would allow under the leadership of the Minister of Health.” Formulation of a new project”. Likewise, he proposed the assembly of a new reform that “makes a real guarantee of the development of the system and the progressive advancement of the right to health for all Colombians and migrants.”
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