Starting in February, a new scheme will be applied to the increase in the prepaid fees and a mechanism was published in the Official Gazette to be able to pay half of that increase that will arrive in the second month of 2023 and that will affect pockets of customers.
The increases in the health plans will go from being bimonthly as they were up to now to monthly with the same health index that the Government prepares to be able to determine the increases that are allowed to the different prepaid medicine companies.
The increase according to the health cost index will be 8.21% in February, a similar increase to what occurred in November 2022, but for those who meet a requirement and fill out a form, that increase will be tied to 90% of the Average Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers (Ripte).
Prepaid: how is the process to limit the increases in fees in 2023
This index, which set the increase, rose 4.91%, almost half that of the health indicator carried out by the Government, so it will make prepaid medicine customers pay a value of almost half of what will be set monthly. during 2023.
PREPAID: WHAT FORM SHOULD BE FILLED OUT TO PAY LESS
The measure that was published in the Official Gazette confirms that the Affidavit must be submitted on a monthly basis in order to pay almost half of the prepaid fee on the website of the Superintendency of Health Services.
The fundamental requirement is to receive as salary less than 6 minimum wages or $371,718 in January, which will represent the amount that will be reached by multiplying the basic salary for February by that figure. You will also need to have a tax code of level 3 or higher and adhere to the service on the AFIP website. Once inside the page of the undersecretary you have to click on the access to “Affidavit for Prepaid Users”.
This declaration may be made from the 1st to the 20th of each month so that, the following month, the increase in prepaid payments is less than what is established in the Official Gazette according to the Government index.
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“The lack of veracity in the sworn statement, will be considered in the terms of Art. 9 of Law 26,682 as a cause for termination of the contract, in addition to the legal actions that may correspond to Obra Social for the damages and losses that such conduct may cause” was the warning of the prepaid companies as they did not have data on the income of the clients.
The search for the prepaid company can be done both by name and by CUIT on the Superintendency page and then click on the “declaration and authorization” boxes and finish the process on the “confirm” button in order to access this benefit. .