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Argentina Dissolves Disability Agency ANDIS, Shifts Its Duties to Health Ministry

Officials say moving disability policy to Health will tighten controls without cutting pensions.

Overview

  • Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni confirmed that ANDIS has been dissolved and its functions transferred to the Ministry of Health led by Mario Lugones.
  • Interventor Alejandro Vilches is expected to head the new structure, while 16 political posts are eliminated, a 45.7% reduction in the hierarchy.
  • The government says the redesign adds file traceability, permanent audits and decisions based on sanitary criteria.
  • Authorities cited audits and leaked audios to allege irregularities, including pensions paid after beneficiaries’ deaths, files without valid documentation and providers billing without services such as Fundación METAS.
  • A federal investigation overseen by Judge Sebastián Casanello remains active, opposition lawmakers decry a cover‑up of alleged kickbacks, and reporting notes beneficiaries who fail existing eligibility rules could lose payments.