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Colombia’s Petro Decrees State Control of Health Care
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Senator Nadia Blel Scaff denounced a “total incoherence” of the government following the issuance of Decree 0858 of 2025 establishing a new preventive health model, while simultaneously pushing for a health reform in Congress. “Total Incoherence: While the government is pushing for a health reform in Congress, the Ministry of Health issues a decree that not only ignores the legislature but exceeds its regulatory power,” the congresswoman said on…
At midnight and with the signing of President Gustavo Petro and Health Minister Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, the government decreed health reform. The same is in third debate in the Seventh Senate Commission. With this measure the health reform begins to be implemented 2.0. The decree defines the “preventive, predictive and resolution” model of the EPS, IPS and territorial authorities in the country. 895475197-Decree-0858-Del-30-de-July-de-2025 …
The initiative will be subject to budgetary availability as defined in the Fiscal Framework, and its monitoring and control will be in the hands of the Superintendency of Health
By decree Government implements new health model and reorganizes territorial networks.Agencia Period... Thu, 31/07/2025 - 07:17 Decree 0858 of 2025 adopts the Preventive, Predictive and Resolutive Health Model, centralizing care in comprehensive networks and primary care centers.
Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia. Image: Flickr Presidencia. Amid high fiscal tension and uncertainty in the execution of major public works, the government of President Gustavo Petro advances with a series of policy decisions that could profoundly transform the planning, investment and service delivery frameworks in strategic sectors such as infrastructure and health. These decisions, while presented as technical adjustments, could have str…
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