translated from Spanish: “Chinese shoe” Government: Superintendence of health reverses and issues new resolution on isapres

“Chinese shoe” in which the Government got by circular that favors to the Health Superintendency of isapres confronted the Executive to public outrage and generated a new controversy of provide s in the sector. Finally, after several days of tension, the institution tried to amend the dispute by issuing a new resolution which nullifies the controversial postponement in the low price ISAPRE plans during this Friday evening.
Dated April 5, 2019, the Superintendence of health published the resolution N ° 282 through which shortened the deadlines so that isapres apply the lowering of the cost of plans of health for women and children, so that the reduction in the costs of health s plans (e) to implement over the course of the next 12 months. “Instructed that the reduction in plans for the children who are 2 years should be applied automatically from October of 2019, while for women and the rest of the cases will be from April 2020”, says the resolution.
Black week new circular tries to so close a black week for the Government in the field of health, where he was again questioned the coordination to this sector inside and there were strong versions of resignation of the Superintendent Garcia Huidobro .
The initial document of the Superintendency left the Government in open contradiction, then President Sebastián Piñera and Minsal were outraged with the rising prices of the plans of the isapres. Therefore, once known circular insurers, in the Government-friendly are they distanced and Minister Santelices avoided comment.
In the first instance, from the Government they said privately that the decision of the Superintendent was not known beforehand or by Santelices neither by President Sebastián Piñera. But sources who knew the back indicate that García Huidobro effectively informed the Minister, in a meeting in which other actors of the sector, as the director of Fonasa Marcelo Mosso and ministerial advisor, former Deputy were also present Gonzalo Arenas.
This version at the official level, could not be confirmed because the Minister avoided referring to the subject both yesterday, during an activity on land, as this morning when he returned to circumvent the issue.  “We are going to talk about that, but not now (…) I have to go”, reached to tell the Secretary of State took part in a match against the Paralympic selection at the national stadium to promote physical activity in the middle of the sports week.
The factor Castle but the truth is that Santelices at no time appeared supporting García Huidobro, whose head was ordered from early from the opposition and even by Chile are going. All would have their explanation – they argue from the health sector – in which the Superintendent is considered close to the Undersecretary of health care networks, Luis Castillo. The episode of this week, then, thus fits in a new chapter of the internal guerrilla in Minsal.
García Huidobro became the Superintendent from the Bupa group, but during the period 2010-2014, during the first Government of Sebastian Pinera was director of the Hospital Sótero del Río hospital. In the same period, Luis Castillo was the Undersecretary of health care networks, office from which you have a close contact with the hospital network.
Both returned to found in this Government. Without trouble, the position of Superintendent of health was recently covered by Sebastián Piñera administration in October of last year.  And while it solved the name that would take the post, since March, was to Sebastián Pavlovic, inherited from the period of Michelle Bachelet.
In fact, called a contest via high public address, where more than 200 candidates were presented. But all the candidates were finally discarded. A version to the interior of the Government points to that it was Castle who pressed to get the designation of García Huidobro in the role, a continuity that – in the light of what has happened this week – came into question.

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