2024-04-22 05:20:58
The initiative is expected to go to the Chamber to be seen by deputies next week.
The Finance Commission sent the Isapres Short Law to the Chamber of Deputies, which seeks to make it viable to comply with the ruling of the Supreme Court that forces the Isapres to return excess charges.
The initiative also creates a Complementary Coverage Modality (MCC) in Fonasa and constitutes an Advisory Council that will advise the Health Superintendence to comply with judicial rulings.
Along with this, a mechanism is established for the Isapres to present a payment plan for affiliates and provides regulatory solutions to the base price adjustments of the health plans and GES premium that the Isapres can charge.
The Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera, also highlighted that the project was approved in almost all the articles of competence of the Finance Commission, except for that related to direct treatment for the first contracting of the Complementary Coverage Modality.
“The issue of how the debt is calculated was discussed, which was also approved, and article three that is related to payment mechanisms and also some indications that were requested by the parliamentarians that allowed the project to be enriched in relation to with the application of interest in the event that the payment plan fails to comply with any of its installments, which was not explicitly considered in the bill,” he explained.
During the discussion of the Short Law, legislators consulted about the amount of the Isapres debt with its users.
Given this, Superintendent Víctor Torres explained that the debt is in UF and “at the moment, it is estimated at one trillion pesos.”