Analysis of No. 75-16-IN/21 Judgment and accumulated: Private health insurance and/or prepaid medicine

Authors

  • Mónica Vinueza Flores

Keywords:

solidarity, public health, prepaid medicine, constitutional judgment

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze Nº 75-16-IN/21 Judgement and accumulated by which Ecuadorian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the obligation of private health insurance companies and/or prepaid medicine companies to reimburse providers of the Integral Public Health Network for medical care received in the Public Network by their insured and beneficiaries. This ruling seems to validate fragmentation of the National Health System and free competition among its actors, while weakening the constitutional principle of solidarity.

Author Biography

Mónica Vinueza Flores

Abogada especialista en Derecho de la Salud y de la Seguridad Social, doctoranda e investigadora del Centro Europeo de Investigación en Derecho de las Familias, de las Personas, de Seguros y de la Salud –CERFAPS– de la Université de Bordeaux.

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Published

2022-12-08

Issue

No. 3 (2022): Nota Técnica

Section

Artículos

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