During a lunch Christmas with the military retired from the Armed Forces, president Luis Abinader ordered this Sunday the increase in coverage of the sure doctor of the military retirees, who will go from the basic plan to the maximum.
He minister of DefenseCarlos Fernández Onofre, was the one who made the announcement during the event and reported that the change in the coverage medical will be valid from January 1, 2025.
In his speech, the minister expressed that the military Retirees are the ones who need the most coverage health, so he explained that his new maximum plan will benefit them with:
- the acquisition of more medications
- more than 1,000 centers attendance medical throughout the country
- the increase of medications outpatient clinics at 18,000 pesos
- an older coverage for catastrophic illnesses
After the speech of ministerhe president Abinader spoke to the military retired to thank them for their work while they were active. He said that when he arrived at government For the first time, in August 2020, it seemed “illogical” that the military pensioners they will not have a sure doctor wider for your needs.
https://resources.diariolibre.com/images/2024/12/01/abinaderalmuerzo2.jpg![[object HTMLTextAreaElement]](https://resources.diariolibre.com/images/2024/12/01/abinaderalmuerzo2.jpg "Abinader increases health insurance coverage for retired soldiers")
“For me we are not doing anything that is not an act of justice. In addition to being a distortion, I always found it illogical, because when they most needed the surebecause then part of that was taken away from them sure. So that was an unacceptable distortion,” said the president.
He said that, although they have managed to increase the benefits of the pensionersis still not satisfied with the conditions in which the military retired since “their income is not at the level of what they really deserve.” He announced that he will continue to improve his benefits proportionally.
“After four years in government“Knowing what you knew, knowing what you defend and how you do it, still today you, in my vision, have risen, and today I have more admiration for you and I feel more proud of the Armed Forces,” he expressed. .
At the end of his speech, Abinader promised that it will continue to strengthen programs in favor of military retired and active ones because, consequently, this will improve the state of security and social peace in the country.
Other benefits
He minister of Defenseapart from the increase in coverage in it sureexplained that in past years some military retirees earned less than 10,000 pesos, a situation that improved in the management of Abinader.
Mentioned others benefits such as retroactive payment, delivery of Supérate cards and free access to means of transport such as the Metro and the Cable Car.
