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BRASILIA - The Brazilian Institute of Consumer Defense (Idec) has very limited legislative resolution to the lack of portability of health plans, to be published this week by the National Agency for Supplementary Health (ANS) and enter into force 90 days later.
- Very little will change - said the lawyer of Idec, Daniela Trettel. - (The standard) does not solve the problems of consumers, because restricting the scope to a few situations - he said.
According to NSA, the lack of portability can promote up to 6 million users in a universe of more than 51 million consumers. The measure does not reach, for example, 12 million consumers with old contracts (signed before January 1999), or the beneficiaries of collective or corporate plans.
Companies or organizations that plan to provide their employees or members have greater portfolio of consumers (about 35 million in total) and negotiate directly with operators and the call duration of deprivation.
According to the President of the Brazilian Association of Medical Group (Abramge), Arlindo Almeida, some operators are already offering the portability of deficiencies in individual plans.
- It is common to see advertisements with the words: 'buy your grace. " Operators negotiate with users already met some deficiencies in other plans. Already there is movement - said.
The Abramge is the body representing operators of health plans.
Source: Extra
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