Post by messi05 on Jan 24, 2024 5:47:52 GMT
A sensitive topic for Brazilians, the change in legislation governing private health care plans has been occurring relatively quickly in the National Congress, and as far as we know, without the effective participation of bodies and entities representing consumer interests. [1] Criticism has its reason for being. In the seven public hearings held by the Special Committee that deals with the topic in the Chamber of Deputies, among the 19 people heard, only one was a representative of consumer protection entities, compared to 13 representatives of suppliers. [two] This data alone is expressive of the insufficient defense of consumer interests at the political-institutional level, which is reflected at the legislative level.
Especially when it comes to supplementary Buy Phone Number List healthcare, another characteristic episode, which occurred in 2014, is now and again remembered. This is the inclusion, in the National Congress, in a provisional measure that dealt with tax law (rules on taxation on company profits), of an article that amnesty fines for health plan operators, in the order of R$ 2 billion real. Social pressure at the time caused the parliamentarian responsible for introducing the “jabuti” in question, the well-known federal deputy Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), to back down and defend the veto of the article — which ended up being done by the President of the Republic. [3] Good consumer law doctrine refers to the existence of a political-legislative vulnerability of the consumer.
That seems to be what this is all about. The legislative improvement initiative should not, in itself, be opposed. The work of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies focuses on more than 140 bills currently being processed in Parliament. It is not new that health plans are the subject of discussions involving, on the one hand, the frustration of the interests of consumers who contract them; on the other, the dissatisfaction of operators (service providers), in relation to the high costs of medicine and everything related to health, as well as the loss of consumers from collective plans due to the increase in unemployment — and lack of conditions of consumers laid off from having to pay for the monthly payments that were previously shared with the employer.
Especially when it comes to supplementary Buy Phone Number List healthcare, another characteristic episode, which occurred in 2014, is now and again remembered. This is the inclusion, in the National Congress, in a provisional measure that dealt with tax law (rules on taxation on company profits), of an article that amnesty fines for health plan operators, in the order of R$ 2 billion real. Social pressure at the time caused the parliamentarian responsible for introducing the “jabuti” in question, the well-known federal deputy Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), to back down and defend the veto of the article — which ended up being done by the President of the Republic. [3] Good consumer law doctrine refers to the existence of a political-legislative vulnerability of the consumer.
That seems to be what this is all about. The legislative improvement initiative should not, in itself, be opposed. The work of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies focuses on more than 140 bills currently being processed in Parliament. It is not new that health plans are the subject of discussions involving, on the one hand, the frustration of the interests of consumers who contract them; on the other, the dissatisfaction of operators (service providers), in relation to the high costs of medicine and everything related to health, as well as the loss of consumers from collective plans due to the increase in unemployment — and lack of conditions of consumers laid off from having to pay for the monthly payments that were previously shared with the employer.