The Council of Ministers approves today the bill on the integrity of the national health system. The regulation aims to reinforce the universal and equitable nature of healthcare, prioritizing direct public management. It repeals the legislation from the late 1990s that allowed the entry of large private groups into public centers, a model associated with greater fragmentation and inequalities in health outcomes.
Reversal of models and technological limits in healthcare management 🏥
The new law defines direct management as a priority, limiting indirect management to exceptional cases. It will only be allowed when direct provision is unfeasible and requirements of sustainability, efficiency, and quality are met. In practice, this means that public health information systems and digital platforms must be redesigned to integrate centers returning to public management, eliminating dependencies on private software and ensuring interoperability among autonomous communities.
Goodbye to contracted services: healthcare returns home (and to the Official State Gazette) ☕
Private groups that managed public hospitals will have to pack their bags. Of course, with the dismissal letter in the form of a law. Meanwhile, the government also approves credits for agricultural insurance and educational programs, in case anyone thought healthcare was the only open front. Now all that's left is for the centers returning to the public sector to also include free wifi and decent coffee machines.