NewsWhore
10-29-2007, 04:20 PM
As of today the country's urologists have decided to abandon the troubled Family Health Insurance Program (SFS). If any patients need to be seen by a urologist, they will have to attend a public hospital or pay the required fees to see a specialist at a private clinic. According to Dr Pablo Mateo Santos, the head of the Urology Society, the decision was backed by all 160 specialists throughout the country. According to Mateo Santos, the urologists are willing to discuss issues but only the director of the National Health Insurance (Senasa) has expressed her willingness to talk. The doctor said that discussion with Altagracia Guzman had gotten under way and included the requirement to maintain current pay schedules and changes in the regulations controlling the SFS. Dr Mateo Santos also said that none of the HMOs had approached the society to talk about the issues. According to the head of the urologists, "we have done everything, all the HMOs have received a letter from us requesting a meeting, but none have had the courtesy to call us."
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