Colombia health debt crisis deepens, rescue plan

Timeline

1. about 17 hours ago

   [HEALTH] 2 sources

   Colombia launches $10 trillion health rescue plan amid Cauca crisis

   Colombia’s Cauca department faces a health crisis with drug shortages and delayed care. President‑elect Abelardo de La Espriella announces a 90‑day, 10 trillion‑peso rescue plan led by new health minister Ana V

2. 10 days ago

   [HEALTH] 10 sources

   Colombia's health system grapples with funding shortfalls, hospital debt and new construction

   Colombia faces a health‑sector crunch: Valle del Cauca funds 6 bn pesos for hospitals amid wage protests, Antioquia suspends services for Coosalud patients over 300 bn peso debt, and Cundinamarca launches a $12

3. 20 days ago

   [HEALTH] 2 sources

   Colombia's Health Minister Jaramillo Presents Transparency Report on Health Funding

   Colombia's Health Minister Guillermo Jaramillo unveiled the Empalme Ante El Pueblo transparency report, showing a 17.25% rise in the health payment unit (UPC) and higher overall health funding versus the prior

4. 22 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Colombia's Presidency Issues Guidelines to Centralize Transition Information

   Colombia's Presidency issued Directive 06 of 2026 to centralize and review all ministries' transition reports, aiming for a uniform, transparent handover after recent elections.

5. 22 days ago

   [HEALTH] 3 sources

   Colombia's health insurers face massive debt, prompting service suspensions and system crisis

   Colombia's health insurers face billions in debt, with NP Medical halting services for Famisanar and Asmet Salud and Nueva EPS reporting massive losses, highlighting a systemic financial crisis.

6. 22 days ago

   [POLITICS] 3 sources

   Colombia grapples with systemic hurdles in health care and higher education

   Colombia's health system struggles with access and preventive care, while its higher education faces budget imbalances, graduate unemployment, and quality‑assurance challenges.

7. 24 days ago

   [HEALTH] 4 sources

   Colombia confronts health system continuity and financing crisis ahead of 2026 transition

   Colombia lacks a health‑continuity plan for the 2026 presidential transition, while Fedesarrollo proposes a financing, incentive and governance roadmap to tackle mounting debts and service gaps.

8. 26 days ago

   [HEALTH] 2 sources

   Colombia launches health shock plan to tackle systemic crisis

   Colombia's government unveiled a health shock plan to speed care and reduce wait times, while a worsening health crisis—highlighted by a poll and EPS debt—has risen to the top of voter concerns.

9. about 1 month ago

   [HEALTH] 2 sources

   Colombia's health system faces surge in rare disease deaths and hospital service suspensions

   Colombia's health crisis escalates as 237 rare disease patients died under Nueva EPS care and Medellín's main hospital suspends services for thousands due to unpaid insurer debts.

10. about 1 month ago

    [HEALTH] 2 sources

    Colombia's health system spirals into debt crisis amid reform showdown

    Colombia's health system faces a 32 trillion‑peso debt and governance crisis, with competing reform proposals from Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella and calls for a new, independent health minister.

11. about 2 months ago

    [HEALTH] 2 sources

    Colombia health system faces negligence lawsuit and psychiatric hospital food protests

    In Colombia, a couple sues a Montería clinic over a newborn's death, while Conasama assures food service continues at psychiatric hospitals amid staff protests.

12. about 2 months ago

    [HEALTH] 6 sources

    Colombia health system faces rising debt and mounting legal battles

    Colombia’s health system, though covering 99 % of citizens, is strained by soaring hospital debt, a surge in legal tutelas and medication shortages, even as maternal mortality declines.