The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, pointed out on his social networks against the increases in prepaid bills and criticized that they “are declaring war on the middle class.” According to these statements, the prepaid medicine companies published a statement asking for a hearing and denouncing “defunding.”
The chambers that bring together prepaid medicine companies published a response addressed to Caputoin it they requested an audience with the minister to “provide him with all the information that is available and that explains -among other situations- “the definancing to which the sector was subjected for years.” The prepaid companies assured that they prefer not to argue through the media “but on the contrary, “open a work and debate table that allows the government to understand the real situation of the private health system.”
For their part, they referred to the increase that the minister is talking about and acknowledged that they are “concerned about the increase in fees,” but argued that: “Prepaid medicine companies are not price makers but rather the increases are due to the fact that the “The impact of the country’s inflation crosses all our costs, in the same way that it impacts each Argentine family.”
Finally, they highlighted their willingness to reach agreements that “take into account the needs of all actors.” “The sector is willing to accompany the government’s efforts to solve the underlying problems of our country”they concluded.
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Caputo pointed out against the increases in prepaid bills
The Minister of Economy, Luis “Toto” Caputo pointed out the increases in prepaid bills and assured that “they are declaring war on the middle class.” after the increases they made since the Government of Javier Milei took office.
“Prepaid companies are declaring war on the middle class. We, from the government, are going to do everything in our power to defend the middle class.”expressed the official through his X account.
Last Friday, in an interview on TN, The Minister of Economy had already stated that the prepaid companies “got out of hand with the increases.” The increases have their origin in the deregulation of the sector that began with the publication of the Necessity and Urgency decree 70/23 from December 20, 2023, which was signed by President Javier Milei and complemented the Base Law.
It repealed the articles of the prepaid law that gave the Superintendence of Health Services powers to supervise and guarantee “the reasonableness of the contributions of the benefit plans.”
However, already There were several judicial rulings against the DNU and the release of prices but for particular cases of the person who carried out the lawsuit.