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Increasing the nursing salary limit can increase values ​​in health plans

Increasing the nursing salary limit can increase values ​​in health plans

Invoice in excess of nursing salary limitNow, the basic salary for this category is R$4750. However, as sector payments increase, there may also be an increase in rates for health plans to cover the new salary. The approval of the legislation raises concerns for public and private health institutions, based on the imminent financial impact.

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According to the National Federation of Health (CNSaúde), the new salary value could end up with a transfer of up to 12% in the increase in the monthly fee to the consumer. After all, an increase in salaries requires greater expenditures from organizations, and therefore, the burden of contributing more of the value that will be transferred to employees falls on the consumer.

The floor suspension request was submitted to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) by the entities in the health category. As justification for the demand, it was argued that an increase in the minimum salary increases the budget, which means less capacity for patient care, while alerting families in need of home care.

The development of the problem along with other problems faced by the health category is addressed with the prices of their health plans. According to the Regional Council of Nursing in Minas Gerais (Coren-MG), it is wrong to link the increase in the floor with the potential increase imposed by the plans. According to the head of the organization, Maria do Socorro Pacheco Pina, the plans already have other pressing problems that also represent a high cost of resources, but operators should not use the increase in the minimum salary as a justification for an increase in tuition fees.

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Plans should begin to see what will happen to them. Because today, if you go looking for help, you will see many complaints. Corinne rejects any claim by the HMO that its increases relate to minimum wages for nurses, who have always earned as little as possible. It is the most explored profession in Brazil,” stressed the head of the council.