Mexico City.-Former President Felipe Calderón denounced an increase in the rates of medical services for patients in the country, with the disappearance of The Popular Insurance, because since January 11 the Institute of Health for Welfare (Insabi), which far from helping the population, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) puts the fang to the poor in terms of health prices. During the afternoon of this Tuesday, the expander gave several examples of the hike in the costs of health services in Mexico, and mentioned that before patients paid 70 pesos per night at the General Hospital of Mexico, and from January they will have to pay 477 pesos per day in this same nosocomio.
To these numbers, he commented that he should be added the corresponding to the prices of the medicines, which in total he calculated that he already reaches the amount of 6 thousand pesos per week for a patient in this hospital. In his message on Twitter, Calderón explained his disagreement with the demise of The People’s Insurance and criticized the Federal Government and amLO’s stated in his speeches, where he notes that in his administration first they are the poor.
They paid 70 pesos a night at the Hospital de México. With the disappearance of People’s Insurance, they have been paying 477 per night since January. More medicine, in that case 6, 000 a week. First the poor… to stick the government’s fang in them. https://t.co/aGBZjWY12M — Felipe Calderón (@FelipeCalderon)
January 7, 2020
In this regard, the Michoacan politician referred to the switch from People’s Insurance to Insabi and stated: “First the poor… to stick the government’s fang on them,” he added. The former Mexican staff has echoed complaints from relatives of people who have entered the General Hospital of Mexico, who claim that their economy has been impacted by Insabi with a 500 percent increase in the cost of health services, for people who were affiliated with The Popular Insurance.
