After the controversy, Jujuy vetoed mandatory insurance for treatment in public hospitals

After the controversy, Jujuy vetoed mandatory insurance for treatment in public hospitals

After the controversy that generated its creation, the governor of Jujuy, Carlos Sadirvetoed this Wednesday the Provincial Health Insurance (SEPROSA), mandatory so that the inhabitants of the province could receive care in public hospitals.

As detailed by the Jujuy administration, the repeal of the measure was determined “in response to the circulating misinformation, the confusion caused and the political exploitation that was made in relation to the scope of said norm.”

“SEPROSA was created to promote the opening of the Jujuy Insurance Institute (ISJ) and, in this way, benefit all inhabitants with the coverage of the best social work in the province, guaranteeing quality medical-care benefits,” they clarified from the Sadir government.

The implementation of the insurance had an impact at the national level, where various voices expressed themselves against the measure. At the same time, it was registered within the framework of the green light that the Nation gave to the districts to enable the collection of Health services.

Controversy over the creation of SEPROSA in Jujuy

From Peronism, meanwhile, they celebrated the veto of SEPROSA. “Health is not sold or negotiated: it is defended. This triumph belongs to the people, to each doctor, health agent, nurse, and leader who raised their voice for something totally absurd,” indicated the national senator of Union for the Homeland (UP) Carolina Moisés.

Moisés had presented a formal request to the Governor to veto the Law and carried out an appeal before the Justice in defense of the health of the Jujeños and Jujeñas and alerted society about the serious consequences that this initiative would have on access to health free, universal and quality.

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The governor of Jujuy, Carlos Sadir.

“Health is not sold or negotiated, it is defended,” said Moisés in each public statement, always maintaining “the importance of a health system that does not exclude anyone, much less generate a registry of the poor.” he explained.

At the same time, they stressed that “the veto is a collective triumph, which reflects the strength of a society mobilized and determined to defend what belongs to it.”

“Thanks to the pressure of the people and strong pressure from all fronts, we managed to stop a law that went against the fundamental principle that health should be a service accessible to all,” just stated the National Senator who always maintained that Behind this Law were the interests and negotiations of those who manage the public and private health system of Jujuy.

What is SEPROSA

As he told Scopethe creation of SEPROSA had been presented on tables and accompanied by the signature of 16 of the 30 members of the radical bloc, although it did not have the signature of the president of the Public Health commission, Omar Gutierrez.

“It deserves that together we can get a good law, there was talk of protecting the most vulnerable and this law attacks those sectors, especially those who are in the informal economy. In addition, the provincial Constitution guarantees public health”the Peronist legislator noted in the session Martin Fellnerwho highlighted that the project was not discussed in commissions and was entered with the right signatures, without consensus.

Specifically, SEPROSA would be mandatory to have care in the public hospitals of this provinceexcept for those who do not exceed monthly income equivalent to two minimum wages, vital and mobile, and do not have coverage from a social work or a prepaid one.

Source: Ambito

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