After the statement of the government spokeswoman Camila Vallejo in response to the statements of the former head of the portfolio, the Minister of Health, María Begoña Yarza, responded to Jaime Mañalich; who criticized the Zero Copay program of the current administration for patients of the National Health Fund (Fonasa).
In interview with Radio Dune, the former Minister of Health of the government of Sebastián Piñera said that President Gabriel Boric’s announcement “does not comply with the principle of legality in which the Government has to act” and also pointed to a relationship between the announcement and the constitutional plebiscite. Minister Yarza dismissed Mañalich’s statements, pointing out that the issue “was already on our government program.”
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“We in the program have two great pillars, a first stage that has to do with the pandemic and taking charge of the waiting lists, and on the other hand, there was this dream in the program that was a universal health system, and In the universal system, the first barrier is economic,” said Dr. Yarza, in conversation with Chilevision.
“It catches my attention, because he is someone who knows the health system. The change that we make only requires a decree, signed by the Minister of Health and Mario Marcel, Minister of Finance, and the budget change decree for 2022 and for 2023 also the same. It does not require a law, we have not committed anything illegal, that is in article 161 of Decree with Force of Law No. 1, “emphasized the minister. And she affirmed that the act “is not only not illegal, but it is fair, it is good, a correct measure, it points to the place we want to reach and today towards September 1 is concrete.”
Regarding the relationship between the government announcement and the Exit Plebiscite of the New Constitution proposal, the head of the Minsal pointed out that “it has nothing to do with it” and “what it does have to do with it is the signal from our Government that what we commit, we do it”.
In the same interview, the Minister of Health also assured that there will be more booster doses against Covid-19, because “this is here to stay”, although she specified that the question is when and to whom, ruling out that it is necessary for now.
