The Juntos por el Cambio inmate became agitated again, after PROFIL will advance the reform plan that the former director of PAMI Sergio Cassinotti prepared as a proposal for a future administration of the opposition front. Both the space led by Patricia Bullrich and the one commanded by Horacio Rodríguez Larreta broke away from initiatives that proposed cutting spending on medicines, social services and disability, among others, and isolated the former official, despite the fact that the former president had commissioned and leader of PRO Mauricio Macri.
Cassinotti revealed that Macri had an eye on the health system almost a year and a half ago, when he asked him to put together proposals to stabilize the institute that manages the social benefits of retirees. The alarm arose before the imminent end of the decree that applies the PAIS tax, from which the agency captures 8% of its total budget. “In the face of an exchange order, this tax will no longer exist,” clarified the former official, anticipating that a financial hole will be generated in the arcades of PAMI to sustain benefits that were increased during the administration of Alberto Fernández.
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According to the calculations made by the members of the proposal development team and led by Cassinotti, at the end of the Cambiemos administration, it delivered a total of approximately 4 million units of medication free of charge to 700,000 beneficiaries; while, currently, that figure would have suspected 4 million beneficiaries, out of a total of 5 million, which would mean a volume of 11 million free units.
Bullrich broke away from Cassinotti and was unaware of the plan. The first reaction was Patricia Bullrich, through a press release where she clarified that Cassinotti “does not integrate the technical teams of the Force of Change” and does not know “the scope and objectives of said proposal.” “Our health proposal is oriented so that all Argentines have timely and continuous access to quality health benefits to reduce the regional and sectoral gaps that exist today”, they clarified from the Fuerza del Cambio space, where, in addition, they indicated that ” Specifically, with respect to PAMI, the mismanagement incurred by the current administration – many of which have become public – will be severely audited and corrected, but always prioritizing the health care of the 5 million people who depend on it. of PAMI”.
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Regarding the possibility of encouraging the reduction of affiliates to the social work of retirees, as Cassinotti had pointed out, the Fuerza del Cambio letter states that their proposal to give them “a proposal for freedom of choice at the time of retirement includes the rulings that On this matter, the Court ruled and equates the rights of those workers who belong to the 211 social works that reject them when they retire, with the rights of those who belong to the eighty social works that do accept them at the time of retirement. “Those who prefer to go to PAMI can do so freely”supported the letter signed by Alberto Fohrig, coordinator of the government teams of the Force for Change, and Enrique Chiantore, coordinator of the Bullrich health teams.
Larreta clarified that he does not support Cassinotti’s proposal. Meanwhile, Larretism avoided press releases and, in addition to ignoring Cassinotti’s proposal, rejected Macri’s plan linked to PAMI. For the sources close to Rodríguez Larreta, the statements of the former head of the social work for retirees are “in a personal capacity.”
