Overview
- The Budget originally removed 'universal values' from the disability nomenclador, a change that would have let each health insurer set its own service rates and sparked strong backlash inside the ruling coalition and from opposition.
- Pressure inside the coalition grew after the Budget text leaked and the head of Disability, Alejandro Vilches, left his post, shrinking the government's room to negotiate.
- Negotiators from La Libertad Avanza, PRO, UCR and allied blocs secured agreement in principle to preserve a single nomenclador with an automatic monthly update tied to inflation and to publish a timetable to pay compensations owed to providers.
- An official draft reflecting those commitments was handed to allied deputies but its detailed wording still needs to be polished and must receive final approval from the Casa Rosada before committee consideration, prompting caution among some allies.
- If approved, the package would replace the repeated emergency patches with a permanent law that guarantees pension continuity for people with a CUD, allows work while keeping benefits below a two-minimum-wage threshold, and adds employer incentives and audit rules to stabilize payments for families and providers.