Health system faces structural pressure due to possible liquidation of EPS, warns Asocajas
Asocajas warns that resource crisis limits the system's capacity in the face of EPS liquidation. Photo: iStock
TL;DR
- Liquidating intervened EPS shifts risks to recipient entities, affecting over 12 million Colombians.
- Mass redistribution of affiliates strains recipient EPS, such as Nueva EPS, which already faces access difficulties.
- Receiving affiliates from distressed EPS implies immediate financial and care burdens due to accumulated needs.
- Judicial decisions, like the suspension of Decree 0182 of 2026, highlight risks of irreparable effects from massive affiliate transfers.
- System sustainability requires addressing structural issues like insufficient resources and delayed financial flows.
- EPS liquidations need extraordinary financial stabilization mechanisms to cover accumulated debt and ensure service provision.
- Non-intervened EPS lack the financial and operational capacity to absorb additional populations from liquidations.
- Asocajas advocates for decisions based on technical criteria and legal frameworks, emphasizing that liquidating EPS is not the solution.