🏥 Protection of the Right to Health
The absence of proof of enrollment for health beneficiaries cannot be a cause for the violation of the right to health by Health Service Provider Entities (EPS).
EPS required proof of enrollment every 6 months for affiliation as beneficiaries. In the event of failure to provide it, they flatly refused to provide the services that unemployed young people between 18 and 25 years old were entitled to by law.
📋 Opinion of the Superintendency of Health
As of August 25, 2014, the Superintendency of Health warned that if they require proof of enrollment as a condition for affiliating unemployed young people between 18 and 25 years old, they may be subject to investigations and subsequent sanctions.
The right persists under the described conditions, and therefore no EPS should refuse to provide it. In the event of denial of service, the affected party may:
- Demand the provision of the service through a writ of protection (acción de tutela)
- Report the irregularity to the Superintendency of Health