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...