Health Equality – covering 300,000 workers– started without agreement. Clinics, sanatoriums, private and prepaid hospitals conditioned the union -requested increase of 45% – split from 25% in April and 20% in July, and a revision in August based on inflation rates – in fact that the Ministry of Health allow increasing fees paid for by affiliates and fees from provincial social works, unions, PAMI and prepaid drug companies.

Also to be approved by the Government a set of financial assistance measures and subsidies company to each employee working. The parties agreed to meet in the first days of next week.

“All the aforementioned measures should allow not only to deal with future salary increases but also all increases in medical and non -medical supplies, while providing companies in the sector of resources to make the necessary investments to continue guaranteeing the quality of health care”, They pointed out from the Argentine Federation of Health Providers (FAPS) which brings together the chambers and associations of the sector.

In addition, “to continue the joint discussion -and understanding of the needs of health workers -it is a necessary condition secure financing through the financing sector, achieve the implementation of the fiscal relief package for the provider sector and update the REPRO program for health workers ”.

They also added that “all the aforementioned measures should allow not only to deal with future salary increases but also all increases in medical and non -medical supplies, while providing companies in the sector of resources to make the necessary investments to continue to guarantee a quality health service ”.

This year, after a 9% increase since January, the Government allowed prepaid drug companies a general and cumulative increase of 6% in their affiliates ’fees on March 1 and another 6% on April 1, according to resolution 459/2022 of the Ministry of Health, Being consolidated, represents in just 4 months of 2022 an increase of 22.5%.

For their part, prepaid and social works transferred these increases to their providers, such as clinics, sanatoriums, professionals. In 2021 they applied 6 Integrated Strengthening: March 3.5%, April 4.5%, May 5.5%, August 9%, September 9%and October 9%.

According to the family composition and scope of the plan, fees can range from $ 15,000 to $ 50,000 per month. An average plan is approximately $ 30,000.

It is estimated that there is prepaid 5 million beneficiaries (owners and family groups), of which 1.3 million are volunteers and the rest are from moving social activities.

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