He Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) faces a financial stress increasing derived from the expansion of social programs without associated financingwhich could compromise the attention of the workers who contribute and support the organization.
This was stated in his speech during the 116 Assembly of the Institutethe labor spokesperson and secretary of labor of the CTM, José Luis Carazo Preciadomaintained that the IMSS faces a structural risk if it continues to absorb responsibilities without there being resources allocated for it.
Despite recognizing that “collection has improved, reserves have grown, more than 630,000 million pesos confirm this,” he warned that the apparent financial strength is insufficient compared to the commitments already acquired the increasing demands for attention.
“The commitments acquired exceed the impression of healthy finances since the balance point of our reservations “It should exceed 2.3 billion pesos,” he explained to the councilors.
The most critical point focused on the impact of the program IMSS-BEENESTAR-COPLAMAR and in entrusting new tasks social inclusion who do not have a stable source of financing.
Carazo Preciado stressed that the expansion of services to uninsured population is generating financial pressure that could translate into a deterioration of the attention for those who contribute. “The financial pressure derived from the IMSS-BIENESTAR-COPLAMAR worries us, since like the deeply inclusive programs, which the three powers of the nation have been entrusted to the IMSS; None of them has been accompanied by a source of financing, deepening the economic risks short and medium term for Institute”.
In addition to the weight of the new programs, the expense chronic diseaseswhich already consumes close to 20% of the organization’s income, raises the urgency of reviewing the financial model with which the largest institution of the social security system operates in Latin America.
Carazo Preciado described this moment as “a wake-up call to the country, a reminder that we cannot settle when the future demands decision, vision and historical responsibility.”
He labor sector was categorical in delimiting the institutional responsibilities. “With serenity, but firmly, we reiterate: the IMSS collaborates, it cannot finance,” said the CTM representative.
He added that the Institute “by expanding its coverage, should not put at risk the attention of those who have contributed all their lives.” For the workersthe priority is clear: support inclusion without compromising financial viability of the IMSS nor weaken the social security that sustains the productive population of the country.
