Corte Constitucional mantiene incidente de desacato contra MinSalud por la UPC
La Corte Constitucional de Colombia decidió continuar el trámite de un incidente de desacato contra el ministro de Salud y Protección Social, Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo, al considerar que las medidas reportadas por esa cartera no garantizan un cumplimiento efectivo de las órdenes relacionadas con la suficiencia de la Unidad de Pago por Capitación (UPC), eje central del financiamiento del sistema de salud.
TL;DR
- The Constitutional Court is continuing a contempt of court process against the Minister of Health.
- The court found that the Ministry's reported measures do not effectively guarantee compliance with orders on the sufficiency of the Unit of Payment per Capita (UPC).
- The Ministry of Health has three key obligations: correct information system deficiencies for UPC calculation, ensure UPC is sufficient to cover services, and equalize the subsidized regime UPC to 95% of the contributive regime UPC.
- The court rejected additional requests for evidence from the Ministry, stating they fall under the Ministry's and the National Health Superintendence's responsibilities.
- The contempt of court process is corrective, aimed at ensuring judicial orders are followed, but persistent non-compliance may lead to sanctions.