Overview

• IMSS director Zoé Robledo presented the candidacy at WSSF 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, reporting that talks have begun after the proposal was well received at a gathering of over 1,500 participants from 130 countries.
• The bid highlights a reported 135% real increase in the minimum wage from 2018 to 2024, with the daily rate rising from 88.36 to 278 pesos without triggering inflation.
• Robledo cited the 2021 crackdown on abusive subcontracting that shifted roughly 3 million workers into IMSS mandatory coverage, estimating a 21 billion‑peso impact for the institute.
• New coverage efforts include Salud Casa por Casa for older adults with a goal of reaching 11 million households and a System of Care planning 1,000 CECI childcare centers with capacity for 500,000 children.
• Expanded inclusion measures feature voluntary insurance for the self‑employed with over 1 million registered and about 800,000 beneficiaries, 58,180 domestic workers insured, and a new model for digital‑platform workers that has 1.3 million insured, including 130,000 above the income threshold with full coverage.