Private medicine is on the verge of collapse

The pandemic and the government’s refusal to authorize price updates deepened the crisis in private medicine. In a context in which Covid-19 does not budge, it is extremely risky to activate this conflict and simultaneously propose a reform of the health system that is inconsistent.   (more…)

A single national health system is not the solution

There is no doubt that the health system needs to be reformed. But the direction is not to a single national health system. The reason is that the competencies in health belong to the provinces. For this reason, the most direct way to improve the health system’s efficiency and equity is to tend towards decentralization. (more…)

Printing money does not avoid the costs of isolation

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Less fundamentalism and more scientific methods

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Argentina among the countries that test the least in the region

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There is a birth of a mother under the age of 20 every 6 minutes

The muddle around a protocol for abortion shows the level of ignorance about how the federal system works. The protocol was merely an optional guide since medical regulations are a provincial jurisdiction. Spain, which eliminated its national “Ministry of Health”, should be imitated.  (more…)

PAMI has a structural insufficiency of resources

The health coverage of retirees receives few resources given the high elderlies’ health care demand. Keeping the influx of retirees in the scheme will aggravate the shortage. A recent policy change promoting that people preserve the health coverage associated with their job when they retire will improve sustainability.

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