According to a study carried out by the consulting firm D’Alessio Irol, the 70% of prepaid medicine users in Argentina are considering the possibility of making changes to their current health coverage. This is because of the sharp increase recorded in services in recent months.
The survey was carried out online in the month of January, and included the responses of 1,240 respondents over 18 years of age, from different regions of Argentina.
The impact of price increases does not discriminate and affects all middle income levels. “Even those with greater resources feel pressured by costs and look for alternatives in other prepaid companies that offer similar plans,” the report detailed.
The report numbers
The report, among the main results, reveals that 26% of users consider abandoning your current provider looking for other private coverage, while 10% evaluate the possibility of depending exclusively on the public health system.
In the case of those belonging to the lower-middle socioeconomic segment, 18% could be forced to leave even completely the prepaid medicine system.
Furthermore, young people under 34 years of age are the most volatile in their choice and half of them are actively looking for alternatives to change their current prepaid or social work.
Faced with the changes implemented, the 58% of those surveyed declared that they plan to make some change with their prepaid medicine company, while 34% indicated no and 8% have not yet made a decision in this regard.
Faced with this scenario, the report revealed the different options considered by users: 16% will find the same plan in another prepaid plan, 14% will maintain their current prepaid plan but will change to a lower price plan and 10% will look for another prepaid plan. minimum plan.
On the other hand, 10% will choose to abandon prepaid medicine completely, 5% will stay with the minimum plan but will maintain their current prepaid plan, and 3% are thinking about taking out health insurance that covers only the most serious and expensive .
The increase in prepaid payments in February
After the megadecree launched by the President in which he released the price freeze, the prepaid medicine reported that the dues they will have a increase of between 27% and 29% average in February.
According to the DNU, the Government You will no longer have to authorize increases in fees and companies they will not have a limit for the difference between the price of the plan for younger people (cheaper) and the rest. Meanwhile, companies are evaluating the implementation of “low cost” plans.
Source: Ambito
