Popular insurance in Oaxaca and its disappearance

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the evolution of Popular Insurance in Oaxaca and its disappearance from 2019. It is based on the international and national approach to the human rights based approach that approaches clear principles of non-discrimination, availability and accessibility subject to quality, accountability and universality. A qualitative methodology of descriptive scope is used that seeks to contribute to the discussion about guaranteeing health as a social right. The Mexican Constitutional legal support and recognition of this right in the Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and, together with other international covenants that the Mexican State has ratified, has established the legal framework for your enforceability. The study focuses on the case of Oaxaca because it is one of the poorest states in Mexico and 66% of its population is affiliated with this insurance.