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They presented a bill to charge medical care to foreigners in Corrientes - Infobae
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Presentaron un proyecto de ley para cobrarle la atención médica a extranjeros en Corrientes
El texto de la iniciativa aclara: “Los servicios de salud pública provincial se prestarán de manera igualitaria y sin distinción tanto a los extranjeros que revistan condición de ‘residentes permanentes’ como quienes sean determinados como ‘residentes temporarios’
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April 17, 2024
The text of the initiative clarifies: "Provincial public health services will be provided equally and without distinction to both foreigners who have the status of 'permanent residents' and those who are determined as 'temporary residents'."
Corrientes teaching hospital
In line with other provinces, in Corrientes they presented a bill to charge foreigners for medical care.
The initiative, whose author is the autonomist legislator José Antonio Romero Brisco , will enter the Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Corrientes this Wednesday, reported Diario El Libertador .
In effect, the text of the norm proposes “ the tariff for care and services within the scope of the Public Health system of the Province, for all foreigners who, according to the categorization established in National Law No. 25,871, are 'transitional residents' or 'precarious residents ', having to cover the costs of said benefits through health insurance with sufficient coverage or by themselves.”
It is worth clarifying that precarious residence is authorization given by Migrations while the admission process of a foreign person who wants to reside in Argentina lasts. This condition allows you to stay, leave the national territory and re-enter, work and study. While tourists, transit passengers, international transport crew members, seasonal migrant workers and academics are considered transient residents. In both they must pay for medical care.
However, the law exempts foreigners who have the status of “permanent residents” and “temporary residents.” In such cases, “provincial public health services will be provided equally and without distinction . ”
In cases of urgency or emergency, the bill states that “ care may not be denied” to temporary or precarious resident foreigners and that in that case “the enforcement authority will arbitrate, subsequently, the means for collecting the fees.” expenses incurred . ”
The proposed enforcement authority is the Ministry of Public Health of the Province, which would be in charge of “carrying out all the necessary actions for the implementation of this law, and will set the tariffs.”
If the law is passed, the Government of Corrientes will be empowered to “enter into reciprocity agreements with other countries, in order to guarantee access to the public health system in other territories for the inhabitants of our province.”
Among the foundations of the project, Congressman Romero Brisco mentioned “the adverse economic situation that the country is going through” and highlighted that in this context “one of the greatest challenges facing the provision of public health services is the administration of finite resources.” (and sometimes, scarce) in the face of essential demand.”
Provincial deputy Romero Brisco
“All health care, from the simplest to the most complex, has a cost, and understanding that it is paid for by the social works and prepaid medicine companies of those who have access to said coverage, but that it is also faced by the Provincial State, without any distinction, for the cases of people who do not have such benefits or sufficient resources, I consider it necessary and appropriate to legislate in order to protect and guarantee access to the provincial public health system,” the legislator justified.
Romero Brisco pointed out that the objective is not to “deprive anyone of access to public health services in our province, especially in cases of urgency or emergency,” and that his initiative responds “to the imperative need to protect the scope and quality of the provincial public health service, implementing a distinction aimed at giving it greater solvency, in the face of a demand that will undoubtedly always be constantly growing, both due to the quality of its professionals and its establishments.”
Days ago, the Together for Change (PRO-NCN) bloc of Neuquén presented a bill that seeks to tariff medical care for foreigners (both tourists and temporary or precarious residents). The initiative was promoted by deputy Verónica Lichter , who justified that a health emergency was recently declared throughout the province: “It is a very complex situation, we must address the use of scarce resources.”
Along the same lines, the Government of Salta has already decided to charge health care to foreigners in the province. The measure was made official through a Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) and contemplates emergencies as an exception, which will continue to be guaranteed. In this regard, one of the first controversies arose this week after a woman of Bolivian nationality who went to the San Vicente de Paul Hospital in Oran to give birth, upon receiving a bill of approximately $245,000 for expenses, decided to leave without paying. .
The hospital manager, Alejandro Fabián Valenzuela, confirmed that the woman arrived at the gynecology ward accompanied by her husband, a resident of Oran. However, she was unable to present documents verifying her residence in Argentina. Given this situation, the medical center made the corresponding complaint and requested the intervention of Immigration.
Valenzuela explained that the couple arrived in the morning and when they found out about the cost of medical care, they left upset. However, they returned hours later with the labor very advanced and the necessary assistance was provided to both the woman and the baby.
The next day, they were informed of the total cost of the expenses, but the husband, Argentine, argued that it was not their responsibility to pay it and they left with the baby. Even though the woman was ready for discharge, a legal complaint was filed against her.
