2023-11-07 19:46:11
This Tuesday, November 7, the second debate on health reform continues in the House of Representatives. The plenary session has already approved 70 of 143 articles, which is equivalent to regarding 49% of the text submitted by the national government.
The most important articles of the transition to the new system remain to be debated, such as those that determine the stages of the model and the elimination of the EPS figure. In addition, the times, conditions and other requirements for those promoting entities that want to continue exercising the role will be discussed.
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1:47 pm: Registration opens
Registration of the plenary session of the House of Representatives opens. The congressmen make their statements and then give way to the debate.
3:21 pm Postponement requested
Several congressmen from various groups presented a document to the plenary session requesting the postponement of the health reform. One of them was Congresswoman Catherine Juvinao, of the Green Alliance, who said that increasingly few Colombians support the project.
He assured that the reason for requesting the postponement is that the fiscal report of the reform has not arrived, so he requests that until that document is available, the project should not be discussed.
For their part, several Petrist congressmen have defended the reform and have asked for the debate to take place. Two of those who made the claim were Alfredo Mondragón of the Historical Pact and Martha Alfonso of the Green Alliance, two of the staunch defenders of the project. They said that the fiscal report can be presented in any of the four debates.
Representative Carolina Arbeláez, from Cambio Radical, denounced that there are supposedly government ministers seeking to change the position of some parliamentarians who request the postponement.
3:57 pm: “Stupid argument”
Congresswoman Katherine Miranda complained to Congressman Gabriel Parrado because he said that there were “stupid arguments” from those who were once morest the health reform, so the representative of the Green Alliance complained regarding his comment and requested an investigation by the Commission of Ethics for an alleged lack of respect for Congress.
4:00 pm: Health crisis
Representative Andrés Forero, of the Democratic Center, assured that he agrees with the postponement of the health reform not because he does not want to give the debate, as he has already done in Congress, but because at this time there is a serious health crisis. that should be discussed.
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