Over 30 health sector organizations presented a consensus document to tackle the system's crisis, emphasizing UPC review and an immediate stabilization plan.
More than 30 organizations, including insurers, doctors, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, academia and providers, submitted the document 'Consensos para el futuro del sector salud' on May 12. The text contains 14 points grouped into six strategic blocks.
Carlos Felipe Escobar from the Instituto de Prospectiva de Innovación en Salud at Universidad del Bosque noted that the UPC is below the required value because its calculation is based on a system with restrictions on appointments, surgeries and medicines. Ana María Vesga, president of Acemi, stated that UPC insufficiency and delayed maximum budget payments largely explain the current crisis.
The document calls for a technical UPC adjustment based on evidence without regressivity and an emergency plan that separates structural debt from humanitarian debt. It also demands constant and predictable resource flows for all system institutions.
In parallel, Health Superintendent Daniel Quintero requested the resignation of all interveners at intervened EPS to evaluate their performance, after backing a Comptroller General report that warned of risks in service delivery.
