How Moyano and Zulet pushed social work to the brink of collapse

At 81 years old, Hugo Moyano was all-powerfulSeveral fronts were opened at the same time, which led to its weakness. In addition to the fight with his son Pablo and the harsh arrest in the Buenos Aires union and also in the National Federation of Truckers – the former Sigitista president has just suffered a judicial setback in Santa Fe – added to the collapse of his social work, a crisis that also affects his wife.

liliana zolet, Wife of the truck driver and mother of his youngest son, founder of IARAI. The company responsible for managing the social work of Camioneros.

He seems to be the main person in charge of the current Financial collapse From a union-affiliated health care provider. Daughter from Zulet’s previous marriage, Valeria SalernoMember of the company’s board of directors.

Although it is known that comparisons are unsavory, Simple contrast Between the social work of truck drivers and the work carried out by the Trade Employees Union, the largest provider in Argentina, It serves to explain how Moyano got into this position.

The Social Work of Truck Drivers of the City and Province of Buenos Aires (OSCHOCA) has a sanatorium in San Justo, another in Avellaneda, another one in Villa Martelli, outpatient clinics in the Constitución neighborhood and an ultra-modern clinic – which they describe as “Sheraton”– In the heart of Caballito neighborhood.

At one time, Zulet’s social work had nearly 200,000 beneficiaries, but now it is estimated that it retains only a quarter because its members They started moving en masse. For others with better medical benefits.

OSECAC, social work for commercial employees, Serves more than 2 million people It has only three sanatoriums in the whole country: one in the city of Buenos Aires – Sagrado Corazon, with 200 beds – another in Bahía Blanca and another one in Cordoba. Their care is outsourced to outpatient clinics.

“Hugo rode the wave when he was allied with the Kirchner family, and now he has a lot of his own infrastructure and very high costs. Add to that the poor management and problems plaguing the entire health system, and you get this picture,” says one Segitista leader.

They add in another union: ““He wanted to show greatness and failed.”

But one of Moyano’s internal rivals in Camioneros asks: “Could the work be to build asylums?” At the opening of the Antartida Sanatorium, a plaque of gratitude was unveiled for services rendered to Aconra SA, a construction company controlled by Zulet and Sons Valeria Salerno and Juan Manuel Noriega.

Its sanatoriums in San Giusto and Antartida, in Caballito, have rooms for individual treatment. It is a very expensive hotel. The norm among social businesses to reduce costs is double rooms for patients.

Most of the rest of the work is social They choose to rent beds in other clinics because it is not profitable to have their own sanatoriums.

Sources from the health sector explained, “The matter is done on a seasonal basis. A certain number of beds are rented for the winter and another number in the summer. In this way, it is more profitable.”

Another thing: A Common practice Among social actions is getting into debt and changing medical providers. The Moyano cannot resort to that tool: they would be shooting themselves in the foot.

Last week, there were protests – where they put up posters against Zulet – in the Camioneros clinics over their employees not being paid their full salaries.

Subsidiary companies They feel the crisis daily: Surgeries are stopped, there are specialties that do not have appointments, and they have to travel all over the suburbs to get medical care. From time to time, justice adjusts the union’s accounts to provide social work with coverage.

Moyano controls two social enterprises. OSCHOCA and the National Truck Drivers Union, which serves the rest of the country except CABA and the province. The National Union owes its sponsors $26.617 million as of last AugustAccording to the official financial accounting report accessed Clarion.

This report contains relevant details in the appendix. “Cumulative inflation in this period was about 19.5 (CPI estimate). From the balance to December 2024, the debt increased above 33.2%.”

Due to the crisis in its social business, Moyano agreed in joint negotiations to raise salaries of about 1% per month for truck drivers but at the same time an extraordinary contribution from companies of $20,000 per worker to health service providers. He prioritized financial bailouts over salaries, sparking unrest among workers.

The joint negotiation itself also negatively impacts their social business accounts. About 30% of truck drivers’ salaries is for non-remunerative items, for example, overtime and travel expenses, meaning they do not make contributions. The base price for a first class driver is $833,000.

They say at CGT that there were social works from some unions that wanted to contract for Antarctic services, but they have not received any response from the director of the truck drivers’ service provider. “They did not have the specific costs to determine a contractual basis.”They are counted in the union.

Some situations – for example salary delays and management by a family business – seem unique to truck drivers, but in many unions they talk about the collapse of the health system that affects everyone. So much so that it has become common for unions to fund their social work.

What led to this? Health experts highlight multiple factors:

• High drug prices in Argentina big than in other countries.

• The sharp rise in medical fees, which contrasts with a 1% monthly salary increase. Hence, contributions to health service providers They grow far less than what is needed to cover health expenses.

• the Disability care expenses. It is a historic demand by social businesses to withdraw transportation and education for people with disabilities and for the state to bear the expenses.

• Many social businesses have chosen to serve single-income earners. They thought they saw a job there and ended up being a stud. SOr 19,000 pesos per month the beneficiary can access the mandatory medical plan.

• Incidence of high cost medications for complex treatments. There are medications worth more than $1,500,000. “Some social enterprises spend more than 30% of their resources on this type of medicine,” says a CGT representative.

The Solidarity Redistribution Fund (FSR), administered by the Health Service Supervision Authority but funded by a percentage of worker and employer contributions, is designed to finance high-cost benefits.

In the government they separate Clarion 60% of its funds are currently spent on disability-related benefits, 33% on automatic benefits, 3% on supervisory body administrative expenses and just over 2% on high-cost treatments. The smaller chip is exactly what FSR was created for.

Information on the resources administered by the FSR – as well as on social security contributions – was publicly available. But since the Libertarian administration took power, they have become secrets. They say in the unions that they do not know how much money the USSR manages, but government sources have indicated that Clarion Which is close to 150 billion dollars per month.

On the other hand, the government recognizes the impact that disability care has on social businesses. They pointed out that “there are 139,000 members who hold one disability certificate, or 0.9% of the total register.” This means that less than 1% of the total subsidiaries consume 9% of the total resources of the health supervisory body.

Currently FSR It owes about $40,000 million to social businesses. The government recently began repaying part of this debt, which it says it inherited from previous administrations.

Despite Moyano’s private image, various unions warn against this Collapse is coming For the entire health system.

“But first Moyano is on his way to default.” An important union leader from another union notices.