Healthcare will be free for Argentineans in Bolivia – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

After the Jujuy governor, Gerardo Morales, inscribed on the agenda the lack of reciprocity in public health between Argentina and Bolivia, the two countries seem to have reached an agreement.

Governments agreed that "The Argentineans who are the Bolivian territory, whatever their immigration status, are treated universally and free ", as it is the case otherwise.

The first steps of this agreement took place after a meeting of the Bolivia-Argentina Technical Working Group on Health. The authorities of the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Health Portfolio and the Government of Jujuy participated in this meeting, which was held on Monday.

The controversy returned to the table after Manuel Vilca, a 35-year-old Argentine musician, had an accident in Bolivia and had to pay nearly $ 10,000 for medical care. This provoked a tough diplomatic battle between the president of this country, Evo Morales, and the governor of Jujuy.

The head of the province complains of the lack of reciprocity, because Bolivians who are serving in Argentina should be discharged from any obligation in public hospitals.

Statement by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA: NEGOTIATION OF RECIPROCITY IN HEALTH

On the day of the meeting, the meeting of the Technical Working Group on Health in Bolivia – Argentina was held with the participation of the respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Ministries of Health and the presence of the governor of the province. of Jujuy.

In conclusion, the parties have agreed, under the universally recognized universal health law in the neighboring country, that Argentineans in Bolivia, regardless of their immigrant status, are treated universally. and free of charge in the principle of reciprocity in the matter of attention to health, under the same conditions as Bolivians.

The technical delegations are still working on finalizing the cooperation agreement in the field of health. The remaining issues will be the subject of a videoconference to be held in March, which should lead to the final definition of the agreement.

In the minutes of the meeting on the agreement of cooperation in the field of health between Bolivia and Argentina, we specified that Argentines who are not insured in the short term and whatever Their immigration status will be processed free of charge as of March 1st. pic.twitter.com/6jOXajAiyb

– Gerardo Morales (@ MoralesGerardo1) February 26, 2019