UPDATED HEALTH COVERAGE FOR PEOPLE WITH CELIAC DISEASE
The Ministry of Health Government doubled the amount intended to cover the
treatment of celiac patients for the first time according to the
calculation of the basic basket of gluten free foods made between the body
and the INDEC. Monday 06 May 2019. Under the International Day of Celiac
Disease held every May 5, the Government Department of Health, by Adolfo
Rubinstein, adopted Resolution 757/2019 that updates the amounts should
cover social works and prepayments to celiac patients. No. 27196 Law celiac
disease, which amends Law 26,588, provides, inter alia, the obligation on
the part of social work and prepaid medical institutions to provide
coverage for the treatment of celiac patients, including flours, premixes
or other industrialized food certified as free of gluten. The coverage of
these foods is established according to nutritional requirements, and its
value must be updated periodically according to the official price index
consumer of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). The
approved update, which was published today in the Official Gazette,
increases the amount of $ 479.26 to $ 900.090 for the first time
calculating the upgrade was based on a basket Basic Food Without TACC which
was conducted in an effort collaboration between the Government Department
of Health and the INDEC, who in 2018 conducted a study to estimate the
Basic Food Basket (CBA) for people with celiac disease (Canasta Basic
Without TACC). https: / / www.indec.gob.ar/ ftp / frames / publications /
indecinforma / indec_informa_11_18.pdfJimena Arauz, coordinator of the
National Screening Program and Celiac Disease Control said that "Having a
basic basket Without TACC is a breakthrough , since it allows one hand a
more accurate calculation and better reflect the reality of food costs for
celiacs, and the other allows us to have an estimated coefficient to apply
to the basic food basket published periodically by the INDEC, so that
future updates are automatically applied on the scheduled dates, and a more
agile way ".For its part, the national director of Health Promotion and
Noncommunicable Disease Control, Veronica Schoj said" the next step is to
conclude with the regulations of law 27,196, which is about to be approved.
The rules of law is essential for the successful implementation of one of
the main aspects of the new legislation which provides that all places
offering and / or selling food should have options for celiacs, which will
require a major effort of coordination between various actors for proper
implementation and enforcement ". He added that "this is why as soon count
with the regulations approved convene to other state agencies, the
provinces and the social partners to develop a set of implementation of the
law plan for the right of all celiacs ensure organizations have available
safe food ". In order to perform the procedure you need the new medical
evidence of celiac disease this link: https: / / www.argentina.gob.ar/
sites / default / files / nueva_constancia_medica_de_enfermedad_celiaca.pdf
it signed by your doctor or medical and present it in social or prepaid
work, who will manage the beneficio.Links of interésLey 27196http: / /
servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/ infolegInternet / attachments / 255000-259999 /
255225 / norma.htmLink of the resolution Oficialhttps Bulletin: / /
www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/ detalleAviso / first / 206885 / 20190506Nueva
page Celiac disease of the Secretariat of Government of Saludhttps: / /
www.argentina.gob.ar/ health / celiaquia
treatment of celiac patients for the first time according to the
calculation of the basic basket of gluten free foods made between the body
and the INDEC. Monday 06 May 2019. Under the International Day of Celiac
Disease held every May 5, the Government Department of Health, by Adolfo
Rubinstein, adopted Resolution 757/2019 that updates the amounts should
cover social works and prepayments to celiac patients. No. 27196 Law celiac
disease, which amends Law 26,588, provides, inter alia, the obligation on
the part of social work and prepaid medical institutions to provide
coverage for the treatment of celiac patients, including flours, premixes
or other industrialized food certified as free of gluten. The coverage of
these foods is established according to nutritional requirements, and its
value must be updated periodically according to the official price index
consumer of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). The
approved update, which was published today in the Official Gazette,
increases the amount of $ 479.26 to $ 900.090 for the first time
calculating the upgrade was based on a basket Basic Food Without TACC which
was conducted in an effort collaboration between the Government Department
of Health and the INDEC, who in 2018 conducted a study to estimate the
Basic Food Basket (CBA) for people with celiac disease (Canasta Basic
Without TACC). https: / / www.indec.gob.ar/ ftp / frames / publications /
indecinforma / indec_informa_11_18.pdfJimena Arauz, coordinator of the
National Screening Program and Celiac Disease Control said that "Having a
basic basket Without TACC is a breakthrough , since it allows one hand a
more accurate calculation and better reflect the reality of food costs for
celiacs, and the other allows us to have an estimated coefficient to apply
to the basic food basket published periodically by the INDEC, so that
future updates are automatically applied on the scheduled dates, and a more
agile way ".For its part, the national director of Health Promotion and
Noncommunicable Disease Control, Veronica Schoj said" the next step is to
conclude with the regulations of law 27,196, which is about to be approved.
The rules of law is essential for the successful implementation of one of
the main aspects of the new legislation which provides that all places
offering and / or selling food should have options for celiacs, which will
require a major effort of coordination between various actors for proper
implementation and enforcement ". He added that "this is why as soon count
with the regulations approved convene to other state agencies, the
provinces and the social partners to develop a set of implementation of the
law plan for the right of all celiacs ensure organizations have available
safe food ". In order to perform the procedure you need the new medical
evidence of celiac disease this link: https: / / www.argentina.gob.ar/
sites / default / files / nueva_constancia_medica_de_enfermedad_celiaca.pdf
it signed by your doctor or medical and present it in social or prepaid
work, who will manage the beneficio.Links of interésLey 27196http: / /
servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/ infolegInternet / attachments / 255000-259999 /
255225 / norma.htmLink of the resolution Oficialhttps Bulletin: / /
www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/ detalleAviso / first / 206885 / 20190506Nueva
page Celiac disease of the Secretariat of Government of Saludhttps: / /
www.argentina.gob.ar/ health / celiaquia