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Mexico Details Welfare Gains as Sheinbaum Presses IMSS-Bienestar Consolidation

Montiel’s congressional report set up a December national consultation on disability rights.

Overview

  • Welfare Secretary Ariadna Montiel told deputies that 13.4 million people exited poverty from 2019 to 2024 and that inequality fell on the Gini index from 0.426 to 0.391.
  • Officials report more than 32 million people receive at least one program, with 2025 social spending put at about 850–851 billion pesos and cumulative investment since 2019 above 4.5 trillion.
  • Program delivery figures include 13.3 million adults receiving a 6,200‑peso bimonthly pension, over 1.6 million people covered by the disability pension, and nearly 3 million expected under Pensión Mujeres Bienestar.
  • The Salud Casa por Casa initiative has deployed about 20,000 health workers for roughly 8.15 million personalized home consultations, according to the government.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum met governors to accelerate IMSS‑Bienestar; 23 states are incorporated, and Montiel urged eight remaining states to implement the universal disability pension reform.