With 123 votes in favor, eight once morest and one abstention, the Chamber of Deputies sent the Short Isapres Law to the Senate.
The initiative, which seeks to ensure compliance with the court ruling by private insurers, was approved with modifications.
Specifically, the project aims to enable compliance with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the isapres, which forces them to apply a single table of factors and, consequently, return the charges they made in excess.
During its processing in the Chamber of Deputies, the parliamentarians managed to agree with the Government on a change in the period given to the isapres to settle their debt with users, which will remain at 10 years, but will prioritize those over 80 and 65. Likewise, a 10% ceiling was also negotiated for the increase in the isapres plans proposed by the Executive.
However, none of these changes are contained in the text that was sent to the Senate. In the particular vote, the deputies rejected articles two and three, referring, respectively, to the circular that the Superintendency of Health must issue for the restitution of undue charges and the extraordinary increase in plans, as explained by media such as radio Universidad de Chili.
Another article that did not generate consensus is related to Fonasa’s Complementary Coverage Modality (MCC). The text emanating from the Senate raised the possibility that the first contract to fulfill this service would be delivered through direct treatment, something that was rejected following a recommendation from the Finance Commission.
It is expected that the Senate will reject the modifications made by the deputies and the issue will be resolved in a mixed commission. This, just three weeks before May 12: the day on which the deadline stipulated by the highest court for its ruling to be fulfilled is met.
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