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05/03/2016
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Industry met in March 48,824,000 beneficiaries.
This is the biggest loss of customers in a quarter since 2000.
Do G1, in Sao Paulo
Health plans have lost 617,000 customers in the first quarter of this year, according to data released on Monday (2) by the National Agency Sumplementar Health (ANS).
The industry met in March in the country 48,824,000 beneficiaries in health plans, down 1.25% compared to a total of 49,441,000 beneficiaries in December last year.
This is the third quarterly decline followed and the largest in lost customer numbers of the series of ANS, which began in March 2000. At the peak, the industry has come to gather 50.49 million customers in December 2014.
industry evolution by number of beneficiaries by type of plan and hiring variation. (Reuters)
In March, the sector had 1,320 carriers with active record. Of these, 523 offer individual or family plans, 654 corporate collective plan and 557 collective plan for membership.
The loss of number of clients in the health plan operators comes amid the recession and rising unemployment in the country, which stood at 10.9% in the first quarter of this year, according to IBGE. According to the Ministry of Labor, the country lost 319,150 formal jobs accumulated in the first quarter.
The entrepreneurial plans, which bring together the largest number of customers were those who had the highest low in the first 3 months of 2016, losing 469,000 beneficiaries.
tool launched on Monday by the NSA allows industry data query and companies operating in the market, with information on the number of carriers and plans available in the market, claims made by consumers with the ANS and revenue and expenditure sector.
Source: G1
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