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  • Health Policy
  • Health Systems Research

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  • Mexico's health system is undergoing significant restructuring initiated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in December 2018.
  • The previous health reform, Seguro Popular (2003), has been dismantled, transitioning Mexico towards a centralized public health system.
  • This shift involves integrated public financing and delivery, with a reduced role for private sector participation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the political drivers behind Mexico's health system restructuring.
  • To compare the previous Seguro Popular system with the new Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar (INSABI) system.
  • To analyze the reform using five key policy levers: financing, payment, organization, regulation, and persuasion.

Main Methods:

  • Political analysis of the restructuring reform.
  • Comparative analysis of health system models (Seguro Popular vs. INSABI).
  • Application of the five policy levers framework to assess health system performance.

Main Results:

  • The reform is driven by ethical principles: universality, free services, and anti-corruption.
  • Implementing a new system is more challenging than dismantling a previous one.
  • The restructuring reflects a statist and anti-market bias, diverging from global health policy trends.
  • Path dependence considerations did not unfold as anticipated in this policy reform.
  • The transition highlights the influence of political polarization and individual political figures.

Conclusions:

  • Mexico's health system reform demonstrates that dismantling past policies is simpler than establishing new ones.
  • The reform's foundation in broad ethical principles, rather than detailed technical analysis, presents challenges for evaluation.
  • The government's statist approach contrasts with international trends favoring private sector involvement in health systems.
  • Policy reform trajectories can be unpredictable, as seen with path dependence in Mexico.
  • The Seguro Popular versus INSABI debate underscores the impact of political dynamics and polarization on health policy.