by News in the General Mutuality of State Civil Servants (MUFACE) which, with the beginning of the year, ceases to be under the umbrella of the Ministry of Finance and becomes linked to the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Service, directed by José Luis Escrivá. From this Ministry they indicate to The Spanish Newspaperof the Prensa Ibérica group, that the change “of organic dependency has no consequence for mutual members, as has happened on previous occasions.” The challenges are the same: providing the entity with greater financing to guarantee health care for civil servants, as requested by unions and insurers.
The move from the Treasury to Digital Transformation and Public Service -advanced by Medical Writing– assumes that the mutual society will now be under the responsibility of Clara Mapellinew Secretary of State for Public Function. The appointment of Mapelli, currently director general of Public Governance, was announced this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers, together with that of the new secretariat of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, Mayte Ledo Turiel.
Mapelli belongs to the body of Civil Administrators of the State and She has a doctorate in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has held positions of responsibility in various Ministries, such as the Subdirectorate of Studies and Research of the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies, the General Technical Secretariat of the Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory or the Directorate of the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Justice.
The future
Once the doubt of which MUFACE modelwhich provides care to nearly two million civil servants in Spain, will not be dismantledThe main concern of unions and insurers in recent months remains to be seen. Where does the future of the mutual society that, for the moment, directs Myriam Pallarés. In the last council, held in December, the general management transferred the Independent Trade Union Center and Officials (CSIF) a message of tranquility: the Government has no intention of ending this systemnor to reform it.
At the aforementioned meeting, the the financing of that model. CSIF has been asking the General Council for two years that increases the budget of the health concert to avoid cuts in assistance. They have been told that, for now, they will have to wait. Although it is hoped that, in 2024, this budget allocation can be improved. For it, The organization continues to look for financing avenues.
Now him Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Service sends the same message of calm. EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA has consulted to the department headed by Escrivá If the move to another department of this organization will imply any modification in the day-to-day health care of officials. “The change of organic dependency has no consequence for mutualists, as has happened on previous occasions,” they indicate from this portfolio.
Two million mutualists
According to data from the MUFACE report, closed as of December 2022, the organization has a total of 1,053,934 holders, which represents an increase of 15,500 people compared to the previous year. In this way, it continues to approach a group of one and a half million. of people between owners and beneficiaries (relatives of mutualists). In total, if the rest of the mutualists are taken into account, ISFAS (Social Institute of the Armed Forces) and MUGEJU (General Judicial Mutuality), The group reaches almost two million people.
In 2024, the negotiation of the new health agreement for the coming years will begin; To the current one – which must be renewed in 2025 – three insurers are affiliated: Asisa, Adeslas and DKV
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Negotiations will begin in 2024 of the new health concert for the coming years. To the current one – which must be renewed in 2025- Three insurers are involved – Asisa, Adeslas and DKV – which have also been asking for a greater budget allocation for months. Only between the three companies, they have accumulated losses of more than 170 million euros in the year 2022, the first of the current concert.
High mass of teachers
Already in 2024, MUFACE, took advantage of the beginning of the year to pump out its chest. The entity reported the “massive discharge of 45,727 new teachers, which has also meant the incorporation as beneficiaries of the above a number of 11,974 people. The increase in the number of teachers has been, therefore, 57,701 people.” The organization highlighted “that the massive enrollment of teachers in this year is unprecedented due to its volume, since it includes admission through systems selective tests and by access systems of temporary employment stabilization”.
