* Colombia’s lower chamber of congress has approved the government’s health reform bill, which looks to blunt the role of private health insurers (EPS) and which now passes to the senate. Deputies voted in favour of the legislation with 87 votes in favour and 37 against. Some modifications were made to the bill’s original text, with a controversial article struck out that would have established new conditions for the hiring of directors of public hospitals and clinics. The bill’s passage through the lower chamber 10 months after it was first unveiled by the government represents a step forward for President Gustavo Petro’s stalled reform agenda, which has been bogged down in congress amid a series of scandals that have weakened the government’s legislative coalition.
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LatinNews Daily - 06 December 2023
In brief: Colombia’s lower chamber approves health reform bill
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