The strong attack carried out by the administration of
Javier Gerardo Milei
against the prepaid medicine companies revived the intersections that, in the electoral campaign, were carried out by the libertarian candidate and the candidate and then Minister of Economy,
Sergio Massa.
This week, the Government will try to get Justice to stop the increases that prepaid companies sent to their affiliates throughout 2024 (which reached 160%, doubling inflation) and that through the Defense of Competition, they investigate whether this sector It acted in a coordinated manner, that is, through "cartelization."
In this combo, the businessman Claudio Belocopitt, owner of the Swiss Medical firm and owner until this Monday, of the UAS, the Argentine Health Union, appears, an entity where the shareholder of Grupo América rules. Due to the dissemination in Clarín of this Government offensive, Belocopitt decided to step aside.
This novel also has its political side because in Milei's Cabinet they relate the uncontrolled increases in prepaid bills to the relationship of the most important businessman in the sector with Sergio Massa. And they remember when, in October 2023, Belocopitt participated in a health sector event in support of the Unión por la Patria candidate.
Massa detaches himself from that relationship and assured in the last hours that "5 increases stopped Belocopitt when I was Minister of Economy
. "
And according to those close to the leader of the Frente Renovador, in private "I accused him of being a macrista."
It's not like that @clarincom,
5 increases in 14 months @SergioMassa stopped prepaid companies,
including Belocopit, and they deserved critical titles, you can Google them.
The problem with DNU 70/23 is that it left the State without intervention and now they don't know what to dohttps://t.co/I22mB0wEYv
— Pablo Yedlin (@pyedlin) April 16, 2024
This is what the former Tucumán Minister of Health and today national deputy, Pablo Yedlin, expressed in "X"
. In massism, they affirm that "it is nice to justify the DNU's mistake in an alleged relationship between Sergio and Claudio."
The reference is to
DNU 70/2023, which released the possibility for prepaid medicine companies to freely set their fees.
This generated an average increase of 160% so far this year.
Another renewal leader,
Walter Martello
, posted that "we are facing a government that will denounce itself for the issuance of its own Decree that facilitated the crazy increases in prepaid payments, and that is also 'surprised' by the 'cartelization'? He also does not remember that through another Decree 68/23, with the President's own signature, appointed a CEO of Swiss Medical in a more than relevant position, nothing is more credible than his concern for the middle class," Martello expressed.
Are we facing a government that will denounce itself for the issuance of its own Decree that facilitated the crazy increases in prepaid payments, and that is also “surprised” by the “pickpocketing”?
Nor does he remember that through another Decree 68/23 designated with the signature of… pic.twitter.com/KAMgXh1h5K
— Walter Martello (@WalterMartello) April 16, 2024
Massa is also related to Belocopitt by the América television channel
, where the businessman is a shareholder along with Daniel Vila, José Luis Manzano and Gabriel Hochbaum, all with close ties to the Peronist leader. The former minister claims to be distanced from the head of Swiss Medical and believes that "the real problem with DNU 70/23 is that he left the State without intervention and now the Government does not know what to do." And he thinks that now, the Casa Rosada will have to prove its link with the businessman.
It will now be seen which path the Government's two complaints follow, one to stop the increases in medicine fees and the other, for alleged "cartelization." Will Milei add this to her attacks on social networks?