The first step has been taken towards setting up health cover for workers employed in Argentina’s ‘popular’ economy. The government has indicated, via the press, that it is positively oriented towards setting up ‘obra social’ (health cover) and is currently studying exactly how to put this in place. Originator of the request for this health cover, the Confederation of Workers of the Popular Economy (CTEP) suggests that it may be in operation by March 2017. This move represents a firm step forward in terms of labor rights and access to health cover.
“We expect to be fully functioning from March and to be covering 500,000 members within three years,” explained the head and current manager of the CTEP health cover service that has been operating as a pilot for the project for two years, Ariel Geandet to Planet Labor. The pilot cover, which has been operating since 2013, has 30,000 members, and serves as CTEP’s template for a broader system. On the legal front, in December 2015 permission, which recognizes this new status and implies ‘legal r
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