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Profeco Says Private Hospitals Are Overcharging Patients

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco) Director Ricardo Sheffield on Wednesday, Sept. 29, put the nation’s private hospitals on notice, warning that many are overcharging insured patients and applying price increases far above the inflation rate. “The insurance companies, with whom we also spoke, are also reporting information on the relationship they have with

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US Donates Additional 1.75 Million Vaccines to Mexico

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A total of 1.75 million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the United States arrived Mexico’s Toluca airport, just outside Mexico City, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, the U.S. Embassy reported. The delivery completed the 3.5 million Moderna vaccines donated to Mexico, part of the 7.57 million vaccines that the United States has

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Mexico to Vaccinate At-Risk Children

By KELIN DILLON On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 14, Mexican Undersecretary of Health Hugo López-Gatell announced that one million minors at-risk of contracting covid-19 will receive vaccinations against the virus, a choice affirming the multiple court rulings that have given children in Mexico the right to be inoculated. López-Gatell said the shots against covid would be given to children

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Mexico Facing Vaccine Shortage as Rollout Slowly Continues

By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s vaccination efforts against covid-19 try their best to move forward, yet another roadblock has presented itself, this time in the form of a proverbial drought in doses. While last week, Mexico received over 5 million doses of vaccines from brands AstraZeneca and Pfizer, this week the number dwindled to less than half of that, with

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