Overview
- The Agremiación Médica Platense, which began a 48-hour stoppage Thursday, says IOMA owes 1,190,897,751 pesos for care provided in January through March.
- IOMA said it would pay pending invoices between Thursday and Monday and warned it could debit contracts and sanction doctors who refuse to see members.
- Following street protests by providers, the institute settled part of the arrears and the doctors’ group briefly lifted the suspension for some hours.
- Opposition deputies filed a request to interpelate IOMA president Homero Giles so he can explain the agency’s finances, contracting, and service delays.
- Radical legislators also proposed a bicameral commission to audit debts and high-cost drug purchases, with powers to require quarterly testimony and seek removals in response to months-long unpaid wages reported by caregivers.