Overview
- Decrees 759/2025 and 760/2025 formalize Laws 27.795 (university financing) and 27.796 (pediatric emergency) but suspend their implementation until specific appropriations are set.
- The government invokes Article 5 of Law 24.629 on expenditure laws requiring explicit financing, echoing its earlier pause of the disability law.
- University unions launched a 48-hour national strike on Oct. 21–22, while Garrahan staff and ATE called protests as services warn of worsening pay and operating conditions.
- Rectors and the National Interuniversity Council say the executive must execute the laws as sanctioned and are preparing judicial action to compel compliance.
- Official costings vary: the Congressional Budget Office cites about ARS 1.96 trillion in 2025 for universities (roughly 0.23% of GDP), government estimates cite ~ARS 1.07 trillion in 2025 and ~ARS 2 trillion in 2026, and the pediatric measure is pegged near ARS 196 billion; provisions include inflation-indexed budgets and wages, expanded scholarships, and Garrahan’s designation as the national reference center with tax relief on critical health shifts.