The decision comes amid a massive migration of members to other health insurance providers and protests over delays in payments and service provision, confirmed union and private health sources.
The Sanatorio Antártida, located in the Caballito neighborhood of Buenos Aires, is a 14-story building of approximately 15,000 square meters with capacity for 300 beds and comprehensive medical services —including Intensive Care Units, Neonatology, Pediatrics, clinical laboratory, and advanced technological equipment— that was acquired by the union in 2009 and renovated with multi-million dollar investments that, according to critics, far exceeded market costs.
The announcement of the potential sale, described by some in the health market as a "desperate decision," comes after months of growing debt, administrative chaos, and resignations of health professionals from the clinics and sanatoriums controlled by the Truckers' Union, which have led to internal protests and direct criticism of the union leadership of Moyano and his wife, Liliana Zulet, linked to the management company of the social work.
Crisis of the social work and pressure from members
The crisis of OSCHOCA is not new. In some union sanatoriums —including the Antártida itself and others in Avellaneda, San Justo, and Villa Martelli— workers held protests demanding salary payments and better working conditions. Analysts consulted by the press indicate that the crisis is self-perpetuating: the reduced capacity for medical care generates discontent, which leads to a loss of members and resources, increasing the difficulties to sustain high-cost operations like the sanatorium in the heart of the capital.
The Sanatorio Antártida was also years ago the subject of controversies due to alleged inflated purchase and renovation schemes, denounced by opposition sectors and linked to contracts with companies associated with the Moyano family, although those cases remained in the media and judicial spheres at the time.
Impact on union health and perspectives
The possible sale of the sanatorium is seen by critical unionists as a symbol of the deterioration of union health infrastructure and a reflection of OSCHOCA's inability to sustain its current operational model. Employees and members have denounced with signs and forceful measures that salary payments are made with delays, that there is a shortage of specialists, and that the coverage of medications and medical benefits has been considerably reduced, deteriorating the health care planned for thousands of truck drivers and their families.
In this context, the social work registers a sustained loss of members who opt for other health providers, which in turn further strains the accounts and forces a re-evaluation of the sustainability of the Antártida and other health centers under the union's orbit.
Specialized sources from the private health market who spoke with Argentine media maintain that, despite the sanatorium's strategic location in Caballito and its installed infrastructure, it will be difficult to find a buyer who pays its real value, estimated at between 30 and 40 million dollars, and that the most likely scenario is that the sale will be concluded at a significantly lower price due to the current state of the sector and the social work itself.
Internal debate and union tensions
The decision to sell one of the jewels of Moyano's union structure comes amid internal tensions in the union, where sectors linked to the operational management of OSCHOCA have been criticized for the lack of effective responses to financial and provision problems. It also raises questions about the future of union medical care and the ability of workers' social works to compete with private providers and more solid social works like OSECAC, from the commercial sector, which serves millions of affiliates nationwide.
Within the union, the debate deepens with questions about investment priorities, resource management, and the responsibilities of the union leadership, while speculation arises about who might be interested in acquiring a large-scale health infrastructure with high operational and regulatory demands.
Awaiting a formal definition on the sale, the Camioneros social work remains under strong financial pressure, with the urgency of finding solutions that allow for sustaining basic health services for its affiliates without further aggravating its already delicate economic situation.
Buenos Aires, December 14, 2025 - Total News Agency - TNA - The union leader Hugo Moyano faces one of the deepest crises in the management of his union structures after announcing the sale of the emblematic Sanatorio Antártida, one of the most costly and symbolic investments of the Social Work of Truckers (OSCHOCA), amidst a financial collapse that threatens the viability of the union's health care system.
