Overview
- Sector leaders say the federal emergency in disability services remains in effect in practice and they are asking Congress to extend the law beyond its scheduled end of year to prevent further service losses.
- The emergency statute was only formally reglamented after a federal court ruling earlier this year, but representatives say its rollout since that reglamentation has been slow, discretionary and incomplete.
- Providers report repeated suspensions and late payments, frozen professional fees and reimbursement rates roughly 40% below real costs, with transport refunds cited at 881.50 pesos per kilometer versus market fares near 1,100 pesos.
- Transport groups say an IPC-based update that should have applied from January 2025 was only published in the Boletín Oficial in February 2026, leaving carriers unpaid for months and increasing operating strain.
- More than 200,000 people are awaiting disability pensions while recent corruption revelations tied to Cerimedo and ANDIS have deepened sector anger, prompted local working tables and driven an opposition bill to prolong the emergency through December 2027.