The Government ordered a refund of what was collected above inflation. The official proposal is that this refund be made in installments for seven consecutive months, between June and November.
As in the Civic Coalition's complaint, the axis was the presumption of "abusive" commercial conduct. After decree 70/2023 liberalized prices in the sector. For six months, the Superintendency of Health Services (SSS) against not 7 but 16 prepaid plans that bring together 91% of those affiliated with private medicine in Argentina. The resolution not only does not target the same entities (between 7 and 16 in both cases there are only 5 in common) but, while the Executive's resolution ordered the adjustment of the quotas - to the values mentioned - for six months. That is, 100 pesos, plus the inflation accumulated between the last month of 2023 and March (latest official inflation data available). The ceiling of the next bill must remain at 190 pesos. In other words, it means that if one paid 100 pesos in December for the Galen, German Hospital, Medifé, Swiss Medical, Omint, or Osde fee, the ceiling of that bill must be 190 pesos. The measure will be accommodated, and companies, in effect, will have to return what they were charging above inflation. The proposal, then, is a refund "in easy installments," he says. It is just a suggestion, which, like the entire measure, depends on the disposition of Justice. The measure did not ask the Court to force companies to maintain their future contributions according to any index, he adds. "Still, we begin to talk about a "covert price control" (the opposite of the libertarian imprint), it is deduced that if Super did not make any plans for the future, it is precisely to avoid being left in a complicated (or rather, contradictory) position," he writes. "It is logical that the resolution comes out quickly," he adds, "because it is in line with what has been happening with different collective protections."