El bloque de los senadores bonaerenses de La Libertad Avanza (LLA) le pidió informes de gestión a las autoridades del IOMA, tras recibirse una ola de reclamos de los afiliados en todos los rubros y en diferentes centros de salud de la Provincia.
Así, es la tercera fuerza política -tras el PRO y la Coalición Cívica- que inicia requisitorias de información formales del ente que controla el camporista Homero Giles, funcionario de Axel Kicillof.
"El bloque ha solicitado a las autoridades del Poder Ejecutivo y del Instituto Obra Médico Asistencial (IOMA) que presente ante el Senado diferentes informes sobre el estado de situación", comunicaron los legisladores libertarios Sergio Vargas, Carlos Kikuchi y Silvana Ventura.
Los senadores agregaron que los informes que requieren tienen que ver con "deudas con proveedores, pagos a profesionales, retrasos en los pagos y suspensión de prestaciones". Son 18 puntos en total.
Además, solicitaron que brinden datos sobre la cantidad de afiliados, prestaciones y servicios que se ofrecen, el monto que reciben los profesionales y la cantidad de consultorios con los que cuenta la Obra Social de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
Ante los reclamos de cientos de afiliados y la limitación de prestaciones en diferentes centros de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, el bloque ha solicitado a las autoridades del Poder Ejecutivo y de IOMA que presenten ante el Senado diferentes informes sobre el estado de situación. pic.twitter.com/XpvBKbRdM8
— BloqueLLA_SenadoBA (@LLA_SenadoBA) February 22, 2024El conflicto se expande sobre un universo de 2,3 millones de personas. Es el número de afiliados a la obra social de los empleados bonaerenses y sus familias, según datos de la gobernación de Axel Kicillof. La entidad soporta una asfixia financiera reconocida por las autoridades que impacta en el servicio.
Weeks ago, the president of the IOMA, Homero Giles, was summoned by Buenos Aires deputies to the Legislature to provide details on different aspects linked to the suspension of benefits in
healthcare establishments and lack of medication coverage
in some locations in the Province.
In turn, from the Senate, they demanded reports on complaints of
delays in the distribution of oncological drugs
.
There was then a request to
question the camp official
.
The presentation at that time was made by the PRO / Together for Change deputy
Fernando Rovello
and then the document had the signature of his blockmates.
In the Buenos Aires upper house, the request for explanations - which also targeted the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health - was promoted by Senator
Alex Campbell
, from the same force.
The measure to have the head of the IOMA appear
was not voted on
, but the requested official sought to lower tensions and - in an
unusual event
for provincial ministers - showed himself open to going to the Buenos Aires Legislature.
Both opposition requirements, then, were replaced by a presentation by Giles before the legislators to inform the
state of the general economic
and benefit situation of the social work that has arisen since December 2023, leaving it in a situation in which it had difficulties to continue providing the quality of care, coverage and benefits that it had been recovering since 2019, according to the owner.
But although he admitted "problems," the camper blamed Milei's economic plan.
And now his swords reacted in the Legislature.
Axel Kicillof and the head of IOMA, Homero Giles.
“We have had difficulties in the last three months of 2023 because in most cases their costs exceeded what was established and scheduled.
In any case, throughout the year the provision increased compared to previous years, that is
, hearing aids, chairs, prostheses, among others, were delivered
,” commented Giles, who is now requested by the LLA senators to detail the operation and status. of the IOMA situation.
Buenos Aires senators Silvana Ventura, Carlos Kikuchi and Sergio Vargas, from La Libertad Avanza.
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In parallel,
Maricel Etchecoin
, provincial deputy for the Civic Coalition and who was part of the information meeting that Giles attended, also requested information, but escalated to another organization in Kicillof's organizational chart: she
pointed out the ombudsman Guido Lorenzino
, to explain what that organization did in response to the
complaints of malfunctions in IOMA
presented by members to its office.
After PAMI, the social work of Buenos Aires employees is the largest health provider in the country.
Amid the changes proposed by Milei's libertarian management, its operation is under scrutiny.
“They want to impose the end of a solidarity and broad coverage system.
There are many interested in
the institute collapsing
,” they maintain in the Kicillof government, while complaints about attention transform into protests.
IOMA members explode in protests: what are the main demands and what does social work respond to?
The delivery of adult diapers
is restricted
.
Dentists decided a long time ago
to
suspend service to members.
Clinics begin to cut off
patient
care .
And medication
coverage
– on average – is 20% of the retail amount.
That is the short list of inconveniences that the coverage of the Medical Assistance Work Institute (IOMA) has and that led to protests – some with incidents – in different parts of the Province.
Affiliate protest at an IOMA headquarters.
Just some examples: in
Mar del Plata
(there are more than 120 thousand members) three of the five most relevant clinics in the district decided to suspend care for IOMA.
Two months ago, the Medical Federation of the Province of Buenos Aires (Femeba) threatened to cut services to members of
La Plata
, Ensenada, Tandil, San Pedro and Mar del Plata.
He reported that the organization owed payment for consultations of almost 2.6 billion pesos.
The Platense Society of Anesthesiology (SPA)
suspended scheduled surgeries
in health institutes between the 17th and 27th of this month.
It's like a tombola: each patient must find out what day it will be their turn to go to the operating room.
It is because the professionals could not agree on fees that were at November values, as they said.
It is a chain of inconveniences with an impact on professionals.
For example: kinesiologists receive 1,800 pesos per session;
Doctors charge between 2,700 and 5,500 pesos per consultation (depending on the category), according to data from November 2023. After that there was an adjustment of just over 17% in December and a 25% improvement is pending in January , but it is still for the board's signature and must go through the provincial control bodies.
It may
take three months
.
D.S.