Santos' new health reform to 'eliminate' EPS .

Santos' new health reform to 'eliminate' EPS .
Friday, 22 March 2013 00:00 Johnny Crisp / Jim Glade

President Juan Manuel Santos submitted his new healthcare reform bill to Congress, a proposal that will reportedly eliminate the private insurance companies (EPS) who manage public healthcare funds.

Santos declared in front of senators on Tuesday that his new healthcare model will be “much more efficient, much more accessible and much more supportive.”

Under the proposed reforms, the group of independently run enterprises – known as Entities Promoting Healthcare (EPS) – that manage taxpayer-funded healthcare funds will cease to exist. The government will replace the EPS with a single, government-controlled fund called “Salud Mia” (My Health).

In order to replace the EPS, the government will create a number of “health consultancies,” which although won’t directly manage any health funds, will help to provide an intermediary function between the government and the people.

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