The Family Health Insurance presents what newspapers are calling an absurdity: newborns with high-cost illnesses or catastrophic problems are not covered by the insurance plan. El Caribe newspaper has received reports from families that have had to cover the treatment of their newborn babies who were diagnosed with catastrophic illnesses at birth. Some complained of the very limited coverage for these cases and the medical centers as well as the health insurance providers would only say that the regulations on Family Health Insurance and the Basic Health Plan establish a minimum of payments for coverage and treatment of these high-cost illnesses. Apparently Article 29 of the Basic Plan says that a person must have been paying into the system for at least a year in order to have access the treatment for these high-cost illnesses. The third paragraph of the article indicates that if the member has not contributed the necessary number of months, they will be charged a percentage of the total value of the treatment in accordance with how many months they have been paying into the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Family Health Insurance presents what newspapers are calling an absurdity: newborns with high-cost illnesses or catastrophic problems are not covered by the insurance plan. El Caribe newspaper has received reports from families that have had to cover the treatment of their newborn babies who were diagnosed with catastrophic illnesses at birth. Some complained of … <\/p>\n