Argentina\u2019s Economic Activity Plunges to New Worst Marks Under Milei<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nUnder the banner \u201cHealth cannot wait,\u201d protesters demanded that Health Minister Mario Lugones take urgent action to reverse the cuts. According to data from the Sanitary Sovereignty foundation, real\u2011term health funding fell by 34% between 2023 \u2014 the year Milei took office \u2014 and 2025. Meanwhile, public hospitals have absorbed 742,000 new patients over the same period, pushing occupancy rates close to 90% even before the winter season, a report from the Instituto Argentina Grande revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jorge Yabkowski, secretary general of the Union Federation of Health Professionals (Fesprosa, in Spanish), noted that health workers have been marching against Milei and Lugones for two consecutive years. The current protests are part of a broader action plan that includes hospital strikes across the country. Yabkowski also criticized provincial governors and mayors for implementing precarious conditions in their own jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Protesters warned that essential vaccines for immunization campaigns are missing, and many retirees can no longer afford monthly medications. One union leader recounted hearing a retiree say she buys her medicine every other month because she cannot afford it monthly \u2014 a situation she called \u201cgenocide of the elderly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodolfo Aguiar, head of the State Workers\u2019 Association (ATE, in Spanish), added that 80% of health insurance plans are underfunded and that health worker salaries now fall below the poverty line, leaving millions of Argentinians unable to access their right to health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the outcry, Health Management Secretary Sa\u00fal Flores denied any funding reduction, instead arguing the government is simply pursuing \u201cefficiency and savings in resource management.\u201d Protesters insist that no such efficiency exists and that the adjustment is deadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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