Through a harsh statement, the Argentine Health Union (UAS) warned that there are more than 5,000 centers that are “on the verge of bankruptcy” and that the possibility of paying workers their salaries “in a timely manner” after the conflict between prepaid companies and the national government, where there were “excessive increases” in fees.
According to the providers, “the sector no longer has margins to face even the short term. More than 5,000 health establishments may be eligible for execution by the AFIP starting in August, as a consequence of pension and tax debts. “.
On the other hand, it was highlighted that the decisions made by the current national administration and its predecessors “plunged the health system into an unprecedented crisis” and noted: “The system as a whole – providers and financiers – has been going through a dramatic crisis for decades. definancing” and stressed that the economic-financial equation of the entities “is broken” and “urgent measures are required to avoid a total collapse.”
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“Human capital is the most important resource in this sector. Not being able to face its cost in a timely manner will mean putting the continuity of the institutions at risk and an employer that disappears changes the axis of the issue: of maintaining the real salary, the concern goes through the drama of keeping one’s job. In this framework, the UAS called on the national State to provide a solution: “It is impossible for us to remain silent in the face of the responsibility we have with the Argentines who come to attend to our institutions and who – if this is not urgently modified – will be affected. directly,” they concluded.
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It should be noted that, as a result of a judicial agreement with the national government, the private medicine companies agreed to return within a period of 12 months what was collected above the inflation of January and April. In this context, it was also agreed that the fees will be updated by the deposit rate of Banco Nación and, starting in July, tariffs will be able to be adjusted “freely.” For this reason, companies began to communicate the increase in fees that will exceed 4.2%, although there are some that have already announced that the increases will be between 6.7% and 8.5%.
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