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New mess in the Government: the Minister of Health against the improvement of the agreement with the mutual insurance company for civil servants for being “anachronistic and inefficient”.

The Minister of Health considers the 41.2% increase in the premium as "disappointing": "Insurance companies are given a premium over public health care".
La ministra de Sanidad, Mónica García
La ministra de Sanidad, Mónica García

The Minister of Health, Mónica García, has described as “disappointing” and “bad news” the Government’s decision to improve the agreement with Muface (Mutualidad General de Funcionarios Civiles del Estado) with a 41.2% increase in the premium, which, in her opinion, benefits the insurance companies to the detriment of public healthcare.

The results accounts of insurance companies have been prioritized over the health of citizens, in this case, civil servants,” denounced Garcia in declarations prior to the 30th National Health Informatics and Health 2024 Awards, organized by the Spanish Society of Health Informatics. The minister regretted that this measure “perpetuates an anachronistic and inefficient system that does not exist anywhere in the world” and stressed that the public healthcare system needs more investment. ” We would also like to have 40% more budget for public healthcare,” she said.

Strong criticism of the Muface model

García reiterated his defense of the public healthcare system, while recognizing inefficiencies that his Ministry is “fixing and strengthening”. In this sense, he has made clear his position against the policy adopted by the Ministry of Public Function, led by Óscar López. “There is a very, very healthy but also a very, very strong discrepancy,” he insisted. ” If the Muface system were to be transferred to the rest of the healthcare system, we would have ruined public healthcare,” warned the minister. She also criticized the fact that insurance companies “prioritize their profitability”, while public healthcare “never abandons anyone”.Insurance companies stop covering their patients when they get older because they are no longer profitable,” she pointed out.

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Divergences within the government

Asked if she has conveyed her discomfort to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, García confirmed that they have “made objections” and have expressed their position to “different ministers” in the Council of Ministers. “That does not mean that they all share our vision or that they understand all the realities of all the ministries,” she said. With this position, the Minister of Health makes it clear that the Ministry of Health does not support the decision to increase the financing of the Muface model, and advocates strengthening the public healthcare system as opposed to the model agreed with private insurers.

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