After last week’s absence of both Esteban Leguizamo -head of PAMI- and Mario Lugones –health minister-, the members of the Health and Social Action Commission They insisted on calling the officials. This time the deputies did receive a response: Leguizamo himself apologized in advance because he would not be able to attend nor receive them.
That is why three representatives of the commission, the deputies Pablo Yedlin, Natalia Zaracho (both from Unión por la Patria) and Monica Fein (Federal Meeting) appeared at the headquarters of the organization to ask them the questions posed by the legislators themselves and the Ombudsman of the People and the Elderly.
“We complied as deputies; now we expect this government to comply because they are officials and They must answer to retirees and legislators“Yedlin said when delivering the questions. “We asked them that they have to give an answer to the retirees because They have left 5 million people without coverage“We regret that they did not attend the commission,” Fein said. “Since they did not go to the commission to show their faces, we came to ask for answers.. We are not going to let go of the hand of retirees and pensioners,” Zaracho added.
Libertarian representative: “What is paid for medicines is symbolic”
The national representative for Freedom Advances, Alida Ferreyrareferred to the change in the regime for access to free medicines from PAMI and pointed out that “it is a lie” that free medicines have been taken away, but rather that “It was organized so that those who have other income have to pay something that is minimal“.
“What you pay for medicines is something symbolic“, he stated and pointed out that “we are paying what corresponds to scale.” “In the pharmacy, the PAMI medicine is worth 70%. Now they are made to pay 20% of that 70% to those people who exceed a certain amount of income,” explained the deputy in dialogue with El Destape.
Finally, he considered that “it is to be transparent and verify with the affiliate himself, in the form of a sworn statement, what that person expresses that he has as a payment flow.” “It is to do something interactive and make the process clear to both parties.“he concluded.
Medications for retirees: how was the cut
At the beginning of the month, the PAMI announced the restriction on access to free medications per month. The conditions were established to have income less than 1.5 pension benefits, equivalent to $388,500or up to 3 assets in the event that the member lives with a person who has a Single Certificate of Disability (CUD). It is estimated that the decision may affect 3 million retirees.
In addition, it was established that those retirees affiliated with a health insurance company will not be able to receive free medicines. prepaid; those who have more than one property, a vehicle less than 10 years old, or goods considered luxury; and those holders of corporate assets who indicate full economic capacity.
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The Medications accumulated an increase this year well above inflation: They increased on average by 240%, while the cost of living increased 193%, according to the consumer defense entity DEUCO.
According to the Argentine Pharmaceutical Confederation (COFA) in the first four months of this year, Approximately 221 million units were sold, about 22.8 million fewer units than in the same period of 2023. The total market decline in the first quarter of 2024 reaches 9.36%.
Source: Ambito
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