Overview
- Pablo Plaza, appointed Friday by Defense Minister Carlos Presti, will lead the Armed Forces’ health fund after Sergio Maldonado resigned two months into the new structure.
- The Security Ministry said Medicus will provide health coverage for Gendarmerie and Prefecture personnel and families, a shift that affects more than 197,000 people.
- Army, Navy and Air Force transfers of about 80,000 million pesos are being applied, and OSFA says this should cut its recorded debt by roughly 60% from February levels.
- Large obligations tied to Gendarmerie and Prefecture remain unsettled and are estimated at about 60% of the total debt, leaving full normalization of payments and care in doubt.
- Affiliates still face suspended services, long waits and steep copays in places like Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Mar del Plata, and the crisis turned tragic with the reported suicide of a 77-year-old retired NCO who said he lost cancer treatment.