Comisión de Control de Ingreso y Gasto Público will introduce a bill aiming to eliminate Doctor and Surgeon College’s right to establish rates and prices. Mario Redondo, president of the commission and member of Alianza Demócrata Cristiana made this information public.
The legislator said the initiative would be promoted due to a 300% rate increase imposed by the College. The decision was subsequently suspended for 3 months.
According to Redondo, the claim would mean leaving citizens without access to private health services and it would be a service exclusively intended for rich people. The measure would also lead to CCSS services saturation.
Redondo explained that the proposal could be established within the Law for Effective Consumer Defense and Promotion of Competition. The rates would be defined by services supply and demand, but a limit must be arranged in order to avoid affecting consumers.
Julio Rojas, member of the party Liberación Nacional (PLN), declared that a rate established by the medical association has no legal grounds.
Rojas claimed “they have no right or power to legislate and regulate a system that benefits them a great deal.”
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