Colombia’s government intervened in several health insurers — including Nueva EPS, the country’s largest — in 2024.
Photographer: Santiago Mesa/BloombergA 7-Year-Old Boy’s Death Inflames Anger Over Colombia’s Health Crisis
Polls now show whoever succeeds Gustavo Petro will have to prioritize cleaning up the mess left by his failed reforms and costly feud with medical insurers.
To his mother, 7-year-old Kevin Arley Acosta died after falling off his bike because his state-run Colombian insurer didn't get him his medicine on time. To President Gustavo Petro, the boy’s family is to blame, not government policy.