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6d ago

Deputies Move to Restore Suspended Disability Pensions as ANDIS Probe Deepens

A flawed review that cut off payments to more than 111,000 people and left key services shuttered has triggered demands to reinstate benefits and tighten oversight of high‑cost purchases.

Hugo Passalacqua y Guillermo Francos, en Misiones.
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No, estas fotos y videos de protestas en Casa Rosada no se registraron en medio de la polémica por presuntas coimas en Discapacidad
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Overview

  • Argentina’s lower house Disability Commission advanced requests to interpellate officials and will push next week for a bill to reinstate pensions halted during the audit and to begin debating ANDIS governance reforms.
  • Official data to Congress show 111,463 non‑contributory disability pensions were suspended over 13 months, with about 504,802 of 997,654 audit notices not delivered; audits also found 7,211 deceased beneficiaries and 9,027 voluntary resignations.
  • The Buenos Aires provincial ombudsman formally urged the ANDIS interventor to immediately reinstate suspended payments, pause audits, and clarify criteria, citing inaccessible notifications and barriers that prevented compliance.
  • Local breakdowns persist as San Luis reports ANDIS offices closed since April and beneficiaries unable to get answers, mirroring complaints of missed notices and interrupted assistance across provinces.
  • ANDIS remains under federal intervention after the removal of ex‑director Diego Spagnuolo, with judicial investigators probing alleged kickbacks tied to Suizo Argentina and service disruptions from Incluir Salud provider delistings.