A few hours after the controversial healthcare reform was approved in the first debate, the reaction of the sector’s trade unions was not long in coming, as they had warned of the consequences from the moment it was proposed for the system currently in force in the country. According to what was stated by the […]
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Health care reform has changed dramatically: Ministry of Health
Now, with the approval, he added, “medical autonomy will take precedence over the matter, respecting the medical and scientific concept and not as previously proposed, where even someone with inexperience could make the decision.” For this reason, La U’s representative concluded: “This proposal provides assurances and clarity to the patient and his family treatment or […]
Health care reform will cost more than 113 billion pesos over 10 years
In response to the petition filed by the representative of the Chamber, Alejandro Chacón Camargo, at the Ministry of Finance, it was learned that health care reform will cost the country more than 113 billion pesos over 10 years. According to the document, the estimate of the fiscal cost of the initiative was made after […]
There is no reason to panic with the reform: minsalud
Health Minister Carolina Corcho assured that there is no need to panic in light of the Colombian government’s controversial health reform project. “Health systems are constantly reforming and evolving, this should not cause panic, nor (think) that we are going to destroy the health system,” the minister said in an interview with EFE in Medellín. […]
Health reform: project to be presented on Monday and uncertainty persists
The final text of the health reform will finally be known next week. While it was initially budgeted for the bill to be presented to Congress this Friday, President Gustavo Petro announced that it will be implemented on Monday, February 13. According to the Colombian president, this postponement was arranged pending the conclusions of a […]
Will health care reform give President Petro special powers?
Less than a week before the start of the period of additional sessions in the Congress of the Republic, the President of the Chamber, David Rennercited an important meeting at the National Capitol to add support to health reform. Racero has held a meeting with industry leaders and associations to listen to their concerns, concerns […]
The health reform was due to be submitted between February 14 and 20
The social reforms announced by the government led to the chairman of the Conservative Party, Carlos Trujillo, convene a conclave to evaluate the bank’s position for those projects. The manager pointed to some “blue lines” that, he affirms, will allow him to guarantee the fundamental principles that the community has defended and emphasized that it […]
“Regressive utopias can leave us with nothing”: Alejandro Gaviria
Although the text of the health care reform is not yet publicly known, with what little the Ministry of Health has revealed, the first critical voices have already been raised, even from the national government itself, such as that of the Minister of Education, Alejandro Gaviria, who served as health minister in the government of […]