The member of the Senate Health Commission, the senator of the Christian Democracy (DC), Ivan Flowersasked the new Superintendent of Health, Victor Torrescheck the procedures applied by the outgoing superintendent who set a cap of up to 7.6% in the Isapres health plans for this 2022.
This in view of the next adaptation process that starts in June and ends in July 2023, due to the new law that governs this matter.
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It should be noted that previously the Isapres defined their plans until it was approved Law 21,350, published last June. From now on, the Superintendence is in charge of installing a maximum limit. Insurers can continue to modify their prices, but they cannot exceed what is established by the Superintendence.
under this line, the previous administration, calculated the variation of costs in the system and built an indicator, called Index of Health Costs (ICSA), which is referential and binding for insurers.
“What I am requesting from the new superintendent is that the procedures applied and the percentage that the administration superintendent left fixed be reviewed. Pinera. Although it is true that there is a law that prevents the isapres from starting with excessive and arbitrary increases, it is necessary to see how the calculations were made and also, if in any part of the law it is impossible for citizens to resort to the courts against to these rises,” Flores said.
The parliamentarian added that “no citizen can be unable to claim before the courts, if so, and that has somehow remained in the law, we will have to correct it as soon as possible. Inflation already has families in a complex situation to continue with the increases and now in an issue as sensitive as health “.
On the other hand, it should be noted that since during the last two years the isapres have not applied increases in the prices of their plans, maintaining the values of 2019, the new current law established that on this occasion the process to set the figure would be different. about what will happen with future processes.
Thus, through a transitory article, the law indicates that on this occasion the indicator would be set “by the average of the last three indicators calculated by the Superintendency for the years 2020, 2021 and the one calculated as of March 2022, which may not in any case be higher than the variation of the item of the Ministry of Health, corresponding to the Law of Budgets of the Public Sector approved for the year 2022”.
