HMOs oppose plan

[NewsWhore]

The nation's HMOs, called "administrators of health risks" (ARS) in Spanish, have come out publicly against a government proposal for the start up of the Family Health Plan (SFS). The HMOs said that the proposal was not a viable fiscal proposition and was contrary to the judicial principles set forth in Law 87-01 that deals with Social Security. In a communique released by the Dominican Association of Medical Contractors, ARS and the Dominican ARS Association, the administrators said that the system proposed by Vice President Rafael Alburquerque would produce a deficit of RD$7.0 billion and stymie the whole SFS process. Their opinion, according to Diario Libre, is based on 40 year's worth of statistics involving over two million participants in different health care packages.

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