Does the government insist on the original health reform project?

This Wednesday afternoon, the information reported that matches to u and the governor The final text of health reform. An alarm sounded among many members of Congress when they learned that he himself had caused the removal Liberal party. The question that arose among the communities was: Is it the same draft? The situation is so critical that Efrain Cepeda, the head of the Conservative Party, just declared: “We will not attend any other meeting of the health reform bill because we consider it a waste of time.”

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Former President César Gaviria informed the government of President Gustavo on Tuesday afternoon in a statement that “the Liberal Party has taken the decision to withdraw from the construction of the Health Reform Bill led by the National Government.” The group of parties that support the health reform proposed by this administration.

Gaviria’s decision was accelerated after the text supposedly built unanimously with Minister Carolina Corcho did not include the “red lines” raised by the liberals, as well as by Yu and the conservatives.

Those were To maintain the key role of the Private EPS in securing patients and to guarantee the rights of Colombians to choose their healthcare provider and doctors.

These and other points did not remain in the text provided by the Ministry of Health, at least not as requested by the parties. Which is why the liberals, led by Gaviria, were excluded from the project.

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For their part, the U Party and the Conservatives continued to support the government and announced that they expected their recommendations to be taken into consideration.

At this time, these communities are analyzing a document received by the Ministry of Health But many of his advisers said they considered, on first readings, that he himself had caused the crisis.

‘la U’ director Dilian Francisca Toro told EL TIEMPO. We have already spoken with Efrain Cepeda. As we decided on Monday evening with the president, we will wait for the articles.

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The same thing was said by Cepeda, the chair of the Conservative Party, when he indicated that they would wait for the text to “see if it reflects our suspicions”.

The new situation is another chapter in an intense week of implementation of President Petro’s flagship project that has been a real slip-up.

monday night, The government announced that the text was already 99 percent agreed upon.

It has been often said that we have 95 percent agreement. Now there are 99 percent. In other words, it is imminent that we will have the possibility to advance the presentation of the final articulated paper and elements collected today as the basis for the project, ”said Prada, Minister of the Interior and spokesperson for the executive branch of this reform.

Surrounded by representatives of political parties and accompanied by Minister Carolina Corcho, Prada stressed from Casa de Nariño that the differences with liberals, conservatives and La U had been “overpassed”.

He also confirmed that the consensus confirmed that the proposal would revolve around a mixed health system in Colombia.

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Read the full text of the reform project here