Ministry of Health already has the document for the reform and is reviewing the latest details

The Health reform project, which is promoted by the ministry headed by Carolina Corcho, is now ready, as announced by the official of Gustavo Petro’s Government to the bench, which is in a spiritual retreat these days. .

However, contrary to what the representatives and senators who are in said space thought, the Minister of Health did not socialize it because she is making corrections together with the Ministry of Finance and the National Planning Department.

“We are in the structural phase, a statement of reasons, in terms of the economic and financial scenarios, with the Ministry of Finance and the National Planning Directorate,” said the official, who added that the total content has already been released. to the president of the Republic.

In this sense, the doctor also added that the ideal is to have the document ready as soon as possible, because the detailed review may be delayed and Congress will have to discuss several relevant issues for the nation in 2023:

“We have said that this reform must be presented in the extraordinary elections because the seventh committees are going to have a lot of work this semester. There will be three reforms in March of this magnitude. The Health Department should appear in the extraordinary elections to save time”
The Minister of Health also mentioned that she is surprised by the revolt that the project has generated, since it is the first time that they have called a motion of censure against an official for a document that has not even been made known:

“I do not know in the history of the country that a minister has been summoned to Congress for a political control debate for a reform that has not been filed,” said the head of the Health portfolio.
For now, the transformation that the Government wants to give to the system has been strongly criticized, because many political and social sectors disagree with the vision that Corcho has shown, since it has even been rumored that one of the changes be the elimination of the EPS.

For now, the health union has expressed its concern and points out that it has not been made aware of the content of the document that will be delivered to the Legislature. However, he assured that the only thing that gives security is the presence of José Antonio Ocampo in the cabinet.

“We have learned that – José Antonio Ocampo – is concerned about the transition model if they liquidate us. And it gives us enormous peace of mind that it is there. We believe that as long as it is there, there will be no madness,” said one of the leaders of the EPS in dialogue with Semana magazine, a medium that knew the opinions of several of the directors of the EPS, who are very concerned about the health reform. prepared by Carolina Corcho.

On the other hand, they warned that, if the Government does not give them the money to remedy the debts for their health services, what they called a “social crisis” will be generated in the country. They also claim that the State owes them more than 1.6 billion pesos and that, if that money is not transferred as soon as possible, it is likely that several of these EPS will face serious financial repercussions.

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