Buenos Aires, January 14, 2026 -- The national government continues to overhaul the health system, and this Monday confirmed the definitive shutdown of three private medicine companies. According to the Argentine News Agency, the measure was officially formalized through an edict published in the Official Gazette, which details that the firms did not meet the requirements to maintain their registration. The decision was made by the Superintendence of Health Services, which initiated the procedure to reject the final registration and remove the provisional registration of the entities. Which companies were shut down? The companies affected by the resolution and excluded from the National Registry of Private Medicine Entities (R.N.E.M.P.) are: Sancor Medicina Privada S.A. (RNEMP 1-1723-8), Obra Social del Personal Aeronáutico (R.N.E.M.P.), and Staff Médico S.A. (R.N.E.M.P. No. 6-1083-6). What happens to the members of these prepaid health plans? Despite the alarm that this type of announcement usually generates, the agency clarified a key point to provide reassurance: none of the three entities had active members at the time of their closure. This action is part of the "health system reorganization plan" promoted by the administration of Javier Milei, through which more than 100 prepaid health plans that were provisionally registered but not operating regularly have already been excluded.
