With an increase confirmed in October, how will the fees be?

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That index had given an increase in August 11,34% and now he calculated that for October the number of the increase in quotas will be 11.53%. The impact on the final value will be reflected in a few weeks and users anticipate what the impact on their pockets will be like, in addition to other increases in goods and services, amid the wave of inflation.

Increase in prepaid: how will the fees be from October

This is a survey carried out by the specialized site “I chose Better”which allows from the web, quote and compare the values ​​of prepaid health and medicine plans of providers in Argentina.

In this way, following the confirmation of the increase rate of 11.53% as of October, a report was made on the impact on the value of the quota, in six of the companies with the largest number of users in the country, taking into account account different plans to compare the final prices.

Two categories were taken. On the one hand, the increase for those single people up to 26 years of age, as a cut-off age. The other group used for the survey is the typical family group, of four members, married with two children.

For individual plans, the average increase is between $1,700 and $1,800. In the case of the family group, the increases averaged between $6,000 and $7,000 for the next month. So far in 2022, the increase in prepaids accumulates 87.9%. If the annualized calculation is made, the readjustment will be almost 105%.

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How the increase in prepaid fees is calculated

For the assembly of the cost index, which is prepared by the Superintendence of Health Services, four are taken into account:

• Costs of human resources: these are the percentages of salary improvement of employees and staff, according to the parities of health workers than of private clinics. The factor that has the most weight in calculating the index is human resources.
• Medication values: the evolution of the reference values ​​is analyzed, which arise from a list of products, drawn up by the Health authorities, updated month by month.
• Prices of medical supplies: key factor, since several of these are imported. The variation of the item “Medicinal products, artifacts and equipment for health”, which makes up the INDEC Consumer Price Index (IPC), is taken into account.
• Other inputs and “general expenses”, which fall within the framework of the CPI price indices calculation, in various items.