In 137 municipalities, there will only be 3 EPS to choose from, which ones?
Without going through Congress, the Gustavo Petro government issued an order that will completely change the health system in several municipalities. This is...
TL;DR
- Decree 182 of 2026 restricts the number of EPS operating in municipalities based on population size.
- 504 municipalities will have their health insurance options reduced to one: Nueva EPS, which is currently in crisis.
- This affects 2.4 million people, with departments like Antioquia being heavily impacted.
- Another 137 municipalities will have three EPS options, but many of these are also intervened and problematic.
- Antioquia faces a critical situation with 17 municipalities having three intervened EPS as options.
- Capital cities like Tunja are also affected, with two out of three EPS options being intervened.
- The crisis is evident in patient struggles, such as long waits for medications and potential loss of life-sustaining treatments.