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ArticleHealth economics review2025

Health insurance premium in Colombia for 2025: a strictly political-ideological decision without technical-scientific arguments?

Oscar Espinosa, Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes, Sergio Prada, Mery Bolívar, Juan Diego Mejía-Becerra, Andrés I Vecino-Ortíz

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Oscar EspinosaEconomic Models and Quantitative Methods Research Group, Centro de Investigaciones Para El Desarrollo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. oaespinosaa@unal.edu.co.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-0509
Paul Rodríguez-LesmesSchool of Economics, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1058-3062
Sergio PradaCentro PROESA, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-0959
Mery BolívarFaculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6628-5032
Juan Diego Mejía-BecerraDepartment of Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-5943
Andrés I Vecino-OrtízDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8089-2488

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Colombian Ministry of Health's decision to increase the health insurance premium (Capitation Payment Unit) by 5.36% for 2025, close to the inflation rate, has sparked controversy. This adjustment disregards factors that contribute to rising healthcare costs, leading to concerns over the guarantee the right to health for Colombians and financial sustainability of the health system. The insufficient increase raises the likelihood of surpassing premium coverage, as evidenced by recent actuarial studies. This decision could affect the quality of services and jeopardize the health of 50 million inhabitants in the Colombian territory. The paper calls for a more robust, technical approach to ensure the financial stability and quality of care in the Colombian health system.

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Capitation payment unitColombian health systemFinancial sustainabilityHealth risk

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