Due to the decline in labor income, the advance of informality and the indigence of work, between 2018 and 2022, the population you only have the coverage and medical assistance of the public hospital, according to the data of the INDEC Living Conditions.
“If we consider the population as a whole, 66% of people have a social security service, prepaid, mutual aid or emergency, while 33.9% have health coverage only through the public system. This percentage is 32.6% in the case of women and 35.2% in the case of men “, the report details.
By age group it can be noted that 44.1% of children and adolescents (up to 17 years of age) are in this situation, while this percentage drops to 2.9% in the elderly group (65 years of age). ). ). 97% of the elderly population has social security, prepaid, mutual aid or emergency services, the INDEC says.
According to the work, in the first half of 2018, 69.5% of the population of these urban agglomerations had social assistance, prepaid, mortgage or emergency service and now it has dropped to 66%. On the other hand, the share of people who are covered only by the public system, increased from 30.2% to 33.9%.
In proportion, in 2018, with 71%, women had private social security and / or medical coverage. In 2022 it fell to 67.3%. Among men, it dropped from 67.9% to 64.6%.
This process has been ongoing throughout those years. has been reduced more health coverage of social works or prepaid during the harsh months of the pandemic putting more strain on the public system, due to the sharp increase in the demand for benefits.
With the lifting of the quarantine restrictions, those who are treated only at the public hospital dropped to 31.1%, to grow to 33.9% in the first half of 2022 due to the advance of informality and decrease in wages and the income of the population in relation to the values of the shares of private medicine.
Specialists point out that the structure of health coverage features a strong heterogeneity according to income levels of the population.
The INDEC Report expresses it as follows: “The combination of the type of health coverage among the members of the family unit shows that, in 53.3% of the total population, all members have coverage (social assistance, prepaid or emergency services). This percentage rises to 70.2% among the non-poor, 30.9% among the non-destitute poor and 14.3% among the destitute poor ”.
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Source: Clarin
