10/28/2020 21:49
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 10/29/2020 7:37 AM
The
prepaid
ensure that, by increases overall costs and those linked to health, the government agreed to
an increase in the monthly fee of the
15% in November and another 10% from January
.
The last authorized increase was 12%
last December
.
Since then, the directors of the prepaid companies assure that their costs increased by 30% and not more because they had several State aid.
Meanwhile, they argue that, without these state aid, in January their costs would rise 54%.
In addition to the ATP program, by which the State pays part of the salaries of the companies in the sector, last March through decree 300/2020 the State reduced by 95% the employer contributions of the companies in the sector destined for the Argentine Integrated Social Security System (SIPA), while a lower rate was set for the payment of the tax on debits and credits.
According to the decree, these benefits reach social works, health insurance services - prepaid and mutual medicine -, hospitals, ambulatory care services performed by doctors and dentists, diagnosis and treatment services, and emergency services and transfers, among others. .
However, due to the
loss of registered jobs
and the
fall in the income of wage earners and independent workers
, which has dragged on since the beginning of 2018, prepaid billing was affected by the drop in the affiliate register and also because many affiliates with their family groups they were forced to switch to lower, cheaper plans.
Although the government is concerned about the impact of
increases in prepaid fees
on the entities' registry, they recognize that the system is highly affected by the extraordinary expenses that the pandemic implies.
And that a staggered increase is necessary so that prepaid companies can continue to provide their services without inconvenience and could be absorbed by affiliates who have had updates in their salaries, judging by the joint agreements this year.
Health officials highlighted that the expenses related to the prepayment fees are deductible up to 5% of the net income for each year from the income tax base, which alleviates the impact of the increase in fees.
Prepaid now await the
Resolution of the Superintendency of Health Services as
it is a service regulated by the State, with the addition that affiliates must receive notification of increases 30 days in advance.
Due to the higher expenses related to chronic and highly complex treatments, the Superintendency of Health Services transferred another $ 1,000 million to 212 social works, according to Resolution No. 1360/20 of that organization, published this Tuesday in the Bulletin Official.
It is an "advance of funds" from the Unified Refund System (SUR) "for applications submitted pending cancellation and for those submitted in the future."
So far this year, SUR distributed a total of $ 21,909 million.
In all of last year, $ 12,188 million had been transferred.
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