DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader has appointed Miguel Ceara Hatton as the new Superintendent of Health and Labor Risks, according to Decree 489-24. He replaces Jesús Feris Iglesias, who resigned on 22 August 2024.

The role of the superintendent is to ensure the population’s protection through health insurance and occupational risk coverage under conditions of quality, equity, and sustainability, acting on behalf of the Dominican state in regulation, supervision, conciliation, and arbitration, as well as in the formulation of technical proposals. Ceara Hatton will hold the position at a time when there is much demand for reforms to the social security law that has been deemed as heavily slanted in favor of big business in comparison to the medical community and patients.

Before his appointment, Miguel Ceara Hatton had been the country’s Minister of Environment (8 July 2022 to 16...