The commotion for the health reform does not seem to end. This Monday, February 6, the decree that establishes the extra sessions of the Congress of the Republic was announced, lwhich formally begin on February 7.
However, the document does not include in its list of projects the discussion of the health reform of the Government of Gustavo Petro. Even though at the end of January, after a council of ministers held in Villa de Leyva, dThey decided that said reform would be debated in the extraordinary sessions.
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In the morning hours of this February 7, Minister Alfonso Prada confirmed that on ‘Blu Radio’ that the health reform “It will be presented in the next few daysAlong with this, he clarified that they are finishing the drafting of the articles, something that various sectors have claimed in order to be able to debate the project before it is presented to Congress.
“It is perhaps the most complex article because there is a change in the model towards primary care, towards basic care and towards a regime that is going to change the payment systemPrada said.
Likewise, he added that these elements, in a transition, “must have them extremely well polished.”
Along with this, he assured that President Gustavo Petro He has personally directed the internal debate that took place in the aforementioned council of ministers. “Today we continue working on the subject in the morning, we are very dedicated to making the best version of this project that has been controversial, which is going to be controversial and will be presented in the coming days,” the official confirmed on the station.
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The minister also clarified why the reform was not presented along with the other projects during the presentation of the National Development Plan. Prada assured that it was due to a joint decision, in which they determined that only projects were on the list “effectively established and, to the extent that they are established, they will add a decree of extras, so that no speculation is generated“.
The Minister of the Interior made it clear that this week or the next at the latest, the Government will be presenting the health reform to the Legislature.
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