Approving the reimbursement voucher when no drugs in the social security institutions in Mexico

Members of Congress approved the proposed changes to the law of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), which will enable the Institute to deliver drug vouchers to beneficiaries shortage is presented (see here). The ISSSTE already had implemented this practice. Data from the Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH 2008) indicate that people with social security spend only 2.89% less on drugs than it spends the general population (about 35% of health expenditure of households is drugs). It is likely that we can observe a substantial improvement in the pocket expense of the population.