In a speech from Casa de Nariño, President Gustavo Petro announced the withdrawal of Alejandro Gaviria from the cabinet.. Gaviria, who led the education portfolio, was one of the strongest critics of health reform.

Two other ministers also leave: María Isabel Urrutia and Patricia Ariza.

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“I appreciate the services provided by Ministers Alejandro Gaviria, María Isabel Urrutia and Patricia Ariza for their contribution to enriching the debate and initiating the changes that the country has voted for. I invite them to help us wherever they are. Build this social agreement”, the President assured .

Instead of Gaviria and Urrutia, Petro appointed Aurora Vergara as Minister of Education and Astrid Rodríguez as Minister of Sports. “so that they can complete the reform process that has begun with new energies.” In addition, Ignacio Zorro was appointed as the responsible Minister of Culture.

“We will continue to seek consensus and agreements to consolidate and deepen our reforms. My Cabinet and I, as President, are determined to bring forth not only reforms, but reforms that significantly improve the lives of all Colombians,” he said. . .

(Also: Aurora Vergara is appointed as the new Minister of Education).

Gaviria, who was Health Minister for 8 years in the Santos government, presented a document a few weeks ago. various objections to health reform That Carolina Corcho’s portfolio is working and is already appearing before Congress.

Diagnosis now put into the health system for the former official it is not clearTherefore, from their point of view, it is argued that the problems of the system are mostly caused by management when they are related to inequality. Therefore, it is striking that the elimination of EPS does not solve financial unsustainability, corruption and regional inequalities.

(In this context: Health reform: objections that could lead to Alejandro Gaviria’s departure).

He also underlined that the health subsystem of teachers and the armed forces not managed by EPS has huge financial difficulties and that “three times as many complaints per 1,000 members” are registered and repeatable than the premium system. on a larger scale with the proposed project.

According to the former minister, “Colombia’s experience with its sole public payers has been disastrous. The alleged unpaid appointment of Social Security in 1996 and the direct retake of Fosyga in 2001 to draw attention to the displaced population was disastrous (. . . ) Country hemophilia, HIV, psychiatric patients, etc. remembers posters.”

Alejandro Gaviria pointed out that regional inequalities are more related to the gaps between rural and urban areas than the health system itself, a recurring situation in other sectors and that reform needs to be corrected.

He also questioned that there was no talk about the former minister. Who will provide the other services currently run by EPS?such as home care, medication management, coordination and distribution of medications, control of chronic patients, maternity and disability leaves, among others.

Gaviria affirmed that many of the strengths of the current healthcare system are “the product of thirty years of innovation and collective work”, so “destroying it would be suicidal.”

ELTIEMPO.COM

Source: Exame

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