Although the Government indicates that the prevention and control of overweight, obesity and diabetes are indispensable tasks, the project of budget for expenditures of the 2017 Federation (PEF 2017) contemplates a reduction to address these health problems that most affect the mostMexicans
An analysis of the Economic and Budgetary Research Center (CIEP) indicates that the Ministry of Health has a reduction of 14 thousand 504 million pesos in relation to the 2016 budget, being the prevention and control programs of overweight and obesity, as well as theof diabetes those that have the greatest effects.
Although the 2017 Federation Expenditure Budget recognizes the relevance of preventing obesity, as well as reducing diabetes among Mexicans, budget adjustments also affected these items, as open data reflect 25.6 percent reductions for overweight control,14.9 percent for obesity attention and 3.2 percent for diabetes control.
In fact, the health project contemplates an average expense of two thousand 726 pesos for the right holder of the IMSS or the ISSSTE, while for the population affiliated with popular insurance, spending per person in the project is one thousand 167 pesos, which, whichIt represents less than 50 percent of the general average.
This causes the average spending that Mexicans make of their own health pocket ascends to 1,780 pesos, which indicates that "households are spending more than the public health sector offers," said the economic analysis of the projectof Budget of Expenditures of the Federation for 2017.
The document sent by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) to the Chamber of Deputies for Analysis, Discussion and, where approved, provides a budget of 29 million 184 thousand 643 pesos for the field prevention and control of diseases.