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Milei targeted Alberto Fernández for the insurance scandal: "A system designed to generate intermediaries and collect returns"

2024-03-02T00:43:49.055Z

Highlights: The President of the United States, Barack Obama, made the remarks in a speech to Congress. The speech was in response to a question about the role of the government in paying for health insurance for the elderly. Obama said that the government was responsible for the cost of health insurance. He also said that it was a mistake for the government to pay for the health insurance of the elderly with the money from health insurance premiums. He said the government should pay more attention to how the money is spent, rather than how it is spent.


In his speech in Congress, the President made reference to the cause for which his predecessor was charged.


In the middle of a fiery speech with which he opens the ordinary sessions of Congress,

Javier Milei

pointed out, although without naming him, against

Alberto Fernández

for the

insurance scandal

that led to his accusation of corruption.

The President questioned the role played by the State and gave the case of insurance as an example that "it does not control, and that what it controls, it

controls poorly to generate a kiosk in every place

."

"Perhaps the insurance case that we have recently seen in the media is the best example. A system designed to generate an intermediary between the different State agencies to

collect returns from each operation

," Milei emphasized.

And along those same lines, he added: "A corrupt system that has generated

hundreds of millions of dollars of returns

that ended up in the pockets of politicians."

Fernández was charged by federal prosecutor Ramiro González, who also accuses the former head of Nación Seguros, Alberto Pagliano, and Héctor Martínez Sosa, for the alleged crime of

fraudulent administration

regarding the suspected negotiations at Anses with the contracting of insurance for retirees. who took loans and the million-dollar commissions that were paid to nearby intermediaries.

The case initiated by the prosecutor is as a result of the complaint filed by lawyer Silvina Martínez.

The maneuver under suspicion began in 2021 when the former president signed a decree that forced state agencies to

contract Nación Seguros

, a company that depends on Banco Nación.

In the middle, a series of brokers appeared, hired by Nación Seguros, who acted as intermediaries and charged a 17% commission for management, well above market percentages.

Earnings from commissions would have been estimated at 300 million pesos per month and $20,000 million annually.

News in development.

Source: clarin

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