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Congress Is Sinking Petro’s Health Reform Again

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Most of the Senate's Seventh Committee closes the Government's most ambitious bill

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Associated Press BOGOTA (AP) — The Colombian Senate on Tuesday rejected for the second time the health reform bill championed by President Gustavo Petro, who has insisted on the need to transform the current system, which he considers inequitable and advantageous to the corrupt. The reform was shelved in a Senate committee by a vote of eight to five, with the five voting to continue the debate. “They waited until the last day to sink the health …

·Boston, United States
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Most of the Senate's Seventh Committee closes the Government's most ambitious bill

·Spain
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As was the case in April 2024, the Senate’s Seventh Committee again collapsed on Tuesday the controversial health reform promoted by President Gustavo Petro’s government. The project was filed in its third debate, after a session marked by technical difficulties and an intense political discussion. At the close of the ... The Senate’s Seventh Commission again sinks the government’s health reform Petro appeared first on ::Tolima Online:.

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The reform to the health of Gustavo Petro’s government suffered on Tuesday, December 16, a new fatal blow in Congress. The Seventh Senate Commission closed the initiative with eight votes in favor of the archive and five against, sealing the fate of the project on the last day of ordinary sessions in 2025. The decision occurred after more than six months of debates in the commission, where the opposition and independent sectors maintained a crit…

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Minister of Health, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo. Photo: Presidency With eight votes in favor of the archive and five against, the Seventh Senate Commission sunk the reform to the health of the Government. Minutes before the vote, the Minister of the Interior, Armando Benedetti, had already taken the initiative for granted. From the Government, however, it is argued that the decision to archive the project on the last day of the legislative perio…

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With eight votes in favour and five against, the bill that resumed discussion on the last day of the legislature was filed

·Bogotá, Colombia
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larepublica.co broke the news in Bogotá, Colombia on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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