For last Tuesday, April 28, it should have been the first discussion of the health reform in the Seventh Committee of the House of Representatives. The appointment was agreed for 8:00 am, but the discussion was postponed because the paper reached the parties at dawn and they decided to meet before the vote so that “the technicians will review the document and that the congressmen could establish a position”.
At around two in the afternoon, the meetings had ended and they already had clear positions regarding the vote on the bill. Law 339with which it is intended to transform the health system.
(Conservatives and ‘the U’ will not vote on government health reform).
conservatives and ‘the U’ announced that they are not going to vote on the project presented by the Government, since “not all the proposals presented by the communities are accepted”, according to the joint statement issued by the parties that are part of the government coalition and, despite this, oppose one of the president’s flagship projects Petro.
Efraín Cepeda, president of the Conservative Party, assured that “there are still serious lines in the presentation”, referring to the Government did accept some of their proposals, but not all, within those, the ones they see as the most serious.
(Petro’s response to parties that will not support the health reform).
they had presented 133 propositions and within those that are not accepted are some such as the clarity in the functions of the managers and if they are the ones who will assume the management of the financial and health risk.
In fact, this is the cornerstone of the entire discussion and, according to the Minister of the Interior, Alfonso Pradathis is one of the elements that must be made clear in the course of the discussion.
(Minute by minute of the health reform debate that was postponed).
The transition time of the EPS managers was another of the propositions made by the parties, and for them “transition time should be Mayr” to the one determined in the presentation.
Continuing with the role of the EPS or managers, if the project passes, ‘la U’ and conservatives mention that it should be “allow users to freely choose the managers they want to attend them”. Another of the points proposed and that the Government did not accept, according to the communities, is that “there should be no fragmentation of networks to ensure that patients have continuity in the provision of the service”. On the other hand, the conservatives and ‘la U’ are concerned “changes in the financing of territorial entities established in Law 715”.
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In addition, they mention that the hiring of service providers was not taken into account, which the communities call “smart shopping”.
Another of the points that the Executive decided not to accept is the “clarification in the calculation of the Unit of Payment by Capitation (UPC)”, which is the annual value that is recognized by each one of the affiliates to the social security system of the country.
(Petro insists: “Climate crisis is overcome without oil and coal”).
Despite the foregoing, these two parties affirm that “They are aware of the need for a reform focused on the user and the well-being of Colombians”.
The Green Party, for example, agrees that the Government’s proposal should be improved, for this reason “have filed joint proposals”.
President Gustavo Petro defends project
President Gustavo Petro spoke, from his tour of USAagainst the position of the Conservative parties and ‘la U’ on the health reform.
The two communities, which are in the government coalition, announced that they will not vote on the project because “their proposals were not accepted.”
(They ask to investigate whether the government gave gifts to congressmen for reform).
Faced with this, the president said that “All of the proposals cannot be accepted because they return us to a world where public money is managed by private individuals who do business with it and with the health of Colombians.”.
He also added “good luck”, emphasizing the letter issued by the parties.
On the other hand, Gustavo Petro had already mentioned that health is part of his fundamental reforms, “because they are part of the program that the people chose” and that is why he defends them.
They postpone the first debate on the reform
The first health reform debate had been scheduled for April 18 at 8:00 am and just at 3:00 pm the list call began in the Seventh Committee of the House of Representatives.
Little was what happened, because due to a series of impediments presented by the congressmen, the debate was postponed.
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It was possible to read the negative presentation presented by Juan Felipe Corzoof the party Democratic Centerand Betsy Perezof Radical change. This presentation requests that the project presented by the Government of Gustavo Petro be archived.
CLAUDIA M. QUINTERO RUEDA
Portfolio Journalist
