In December, prepaid payments without frozen fees increase by 11.5% and in January, those who have this service will be adjusted by 6.26%.
Those affiliated with the prepaid without frozen fee will suffer a increase of 11.5% during Decemberbut in January a new adjustment will be applied to all those who have this service, in this case 6.26%.
At the end of December, the freezing of fees expires for those who declared that they have income per family group of less than $2 million per month.
For this reason, the Superintendence of Health Services anticipated that all private medicine clients will receive communication from the companies anticipating the January increase.
In this frame, Companies in the sector estimate that the new Government could release the value of the quotas, which are currently regulated by the State.
President-elect Javier Milei plans to deactivate price controls and that decision would affect health.
The constant increases that have been applied in recent years led many members to migrate to cheaper plans or to cancel their membership to receive care in public hospitals.
The new government must define some current issues related to prepaid medicine
The new Health authorities – which will cease to be a Ministry and become a Secretariat – must define a series of issues related to prepaid medicine:
- If the adjustment according to the Health Cost Index is maintained for those who earn more than six Minimum Living and Mobile Wages or 90% of the RIPTE (Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers) for the rest, with incomes less than $876,000.
- How the Health Cost Index will move for the suspended membership fees for October, November and December.
- Whether tax benefits will continue that the current Government granted to health companies in exchange for freezing fees (exemption from payment of employer contributions until March 31, 2024, benefits for the payment of VAT, etc.)
Source: Ambito
