The Isapres lost more than 360 thousand members in 2023, the largest annual departure on record, according to figures from the Health Superintendence.
At the end of last year, private insurers ended up with 360,876 fewer beneficiaries, including contributors and charges, being the largest leak recorded in the Superintendency for more than two decades, according to La Tercera.
In fact, in 2023 more than twice as many beneficiaries left than in 2022, and in two years 534,251 people have left in total.
This trend has been observed for 47 months, since as of February 2020 only year-on-year withdrawals of affiliates have been recorded in the isapres, with a total of 629,766, completing four years with the same trend. In addition, since January 2022, uninterrupted monthly decreases have been recorded.
Of the total number of affiliates lost by the isapres, 74% is explained only by two isapres, which were the ones that registered the largest GES price increases in October 2022: Cruz Blanca, which marked 138,516 fewer beneficiaries in 2023, totaling 469,939 affiliates ; and, in second place, is Consalud, registering 127,280 fewer members last year, with a total of 516,538 beneficiaries as of December.
Specifically, Isapres members ended up at 2,715,746 at the end of last year, the lowest figure since December 2010, which meant a drop of 11.7% year-on-year, Radio Cooperativa reported.
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