Ismael Bermúdez
02/08/2021 7:30
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 02/08/2021 7:30 AM
Through
Resolution 57/2021 of the Ministry of Labor
, published this Monday in the Official Gazette, and as Clarín anticipated, the Government
increased from $ 9,000 to $ 18,000
per month the amount per worker of the Repro II program to health providers such as clinics, sanatoriums, laboratories and diagnostic centers, on account of the payment of salaries paid by employers.
The Resolution clarifies that “in the event that the net remuneration received by the worker is less than said value, the subsidy will be equal to the net remuneration”,
equivalent to 83% of the total remuneration.
On the basis of this measure, Trabajo maintains that “within the framework of the coronavirus pandemic, health sector providers face different conditions from other economic activities.
In many cases, the difficulties to face the payment of salaries is not evident so much in the contraction of the level of activity and / or of the invoicing, but in a marked mismatch between the operative costs and the income ”.
Representatives of the Argentine Federation of Healthcare Providers (FAPS) and the authorities of the Federation of Health Workers Association (FATSA).
Repro II is a monetary assistance from the Government to critical sectors
, with billing levels affected by the pandemic, by which - upon compliance with the requirements and conditions of the program - a monthly sum is granted to the workers of the member companies to the program.
This reinforcement of Repro II complements the exemption granted to the Health sector until March 31 from the payment of employer contributions to Social Security.
This exemption from payment is more comprehensive because it includes clinics and sanatoriums and also social and prepaid works, plus the extension, also for 90 days, of the reduction of tax rates on bank credits and debits.
In addition, since March 1,
the Government authorized a 3.5% increase in the membership fees
for prepaid medicine.
The previous increase had been in December with an increase of 10%.
At the same time, prepayments must also increase by 3.5% the amounts they pay to doctors, professionals and clinics for the medical-assistance benefits they provide to their members and families.
With these measures, to which it adds the reinforcement of Repro II, the Government considers that the State was compensating the higher costs of the system, aggravated by the pandemic and quarantine.
To access the REPRO II Health Program, on January 20, through Resolution 19/2021, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security established that “employers incorporated into the payroll of health sector providers and that are registered in the National Registry of Social Work and / or in the National Registry of Prepaid Medicine Companies ”must“ identify individually, under a sworn statement, the workers and dependent workers whose work activities exclusively comprise the administration and marketing and all other provision of services dedicated to health coverage insurance, under the prepaid medicine or social work regime ”.
Now, to access the benefit of the Repro II Program corresponding to the salaries accrued in January 2021, among other requirements, Health providers must have an interannual billing level and VAT for purchases less than 35%, according to Resolution No. 58/2021 of the Ministry of Labor.
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