2023-12-01 13:19:00
From the Colombian Association of Comprehensive Medicine Companies (Acemi) they expressed that having these benefits will surely be much more expensive.
Among the many doubts that the health reform is leaving is the future of prepaid medicine that thousands of people in Colombia have and that the citizens themselves or companies pay for.
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Although a year ago, when the changes were just being considered, President Gustavo Petro assured that “that is a market” and for this reason it was not going to be affected, the reality is that prepaid medicine, now with what is approved, will. would have changes.
This was announced by Ana María Vesga, president of Acemi, in Noticias Caracol. Among the doubts that she is leaving, what was approved in the Senate, where several articles of the reform They are passing without major problems, even if they make structural changes to the health system, there is the future of prepaid.
“First, it is going to be very expensive. Second, this means that there will be a health system for those who have the capacity and a system for those who do not have the capacity,” she said, “very concerned” regarding what is happening.
She, who had already issued the warning months ago, said that it is not yet known how much it would rise, “but it is surely what is going to end up happening.”
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Why would the prepaid medicine provided by the EPS in Colombia increase?
Although the Government assures that with the health reform that they are promoting in the Senate they will provide better service, Acemi assures that with these changes “we lost solidarity”, well, What is going to end up happening is that Colombians are going to look for the private system and will spend more money.
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“To the extent that users look for greater and better services in a public service that is not meeting their expectations, there will be a greater demand for services and consequently prices will rise,” explained Vesga.
And what seems most serious to many is that the current EPS would not be in charge of prepaid medicine, since their functions as managers, according to the law, would prevent them from doing so.
According to the president of Acemi, they would be “other companies”, but it is not yet clear what they would be.
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