EsSalud: Companies owe more than S/ 5 billion for their workers' health insurance

The debt of public and private employers generated by the failure to pay the contributions of its workers to the Social Security amounts to S/ 5,373 million in the second quarter of 2024, reported It’sHealth.

For this reason, said state entity has already presented to the Congress of the Republic various legislative initiatives to recover these resources, in order to allocate them to increase and enhance health services for the benefit of their insured.

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Of the total debt recorded until June of this year, 3,199 million soles (almost 60%) corresponds to the private sector, while S/ 2,174 million (more than 40%) comes from other public entities (administered by the State).

Likewise, 83.9% of the total amount of the debt is in coercive collection (required) and the remaining 16.1% is with challenges, bankruptcy processes, payment facilities and others not enforceable so far.

“With these funds, we could build, for our insured, more than 200 medical centers or more than 140 polyclinics throughout the country,” explained Alberto Barrenechea Pastor, Central Manager of Insurance and Economic Benefits of EsSalud.

The current management, led by Dr. María Elena Aguilar Del Águila, has been working on various measures to close the gaps in infrastructure, healthcare equipment and human resources, since EsSalud It is only financed by contributions.

Along these lines, before the Congressthe various projects to recover the debt for contributions to the Social Securityin order to allocate these resources to the construction of hospitals and the acquisition of cutting-edge equipment.

For example, EsSalud proposes that the collection from private entities be carried out through installments, and that the monthly collection does not pass through the hands of public entities, but rather is transferred directly to Social Security through the Ministry of Economy, which would allow collection to be maintained at the same time. day and without delay.

“Another proposal proposes empowering the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to make direct payment of tax and non-tax debts of public sector entities that are in coercive collection, which would allow the recovery of S/1,841 million” , pointed out the spokesperson for EsSalud.

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