Health plan sector loses 283,000 customers between late March and May

The situation of health insurance nothing is positive during this pandemic. According to a survey by the National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS), this sector lost 283,000 consumers between the end of March and May. While in that month, 47.113 million people were plan customers, in the fifth month of 2020, the number of consumers dropped to 46.829 million.

It must be remembered that, during this period, many people lost their jobs or part of their salary due to social isolation and the crisis. With less money in their pockets, it makes sense that they have adjusted their family budget.

It is worth mentioning that, in 2019, the situation was not good for this sector. At the time, health plans had 46.956 million customers. However, the crisis truly began in 2015. This is because 50.49 million people were consumers in the sector in December 2014, but the numbers have been falling. In 2019, for example, 60,400 customers terminated their contracts.

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The segmentation that has pulled the fall of the sector is the individual plans. In May 2019, 9.042 million people had contracts in this modality. However, in the same month of 2020, the number of customers decreased to 8.95 million. If we consider corporate collective plans, the number of consumers also dropped. In the space of one year, 61 thousand people ceased to be customers of this type of plan.

However, it is important to mention that there is a segment of the sector that is growing: exclusively dental. That's because, between May of last year and the same month of 2020, 61 thousand people hired this modality.

It is also worth mentioning that, in view of the losses in April and May, the ANS declared that the health insurance sector is on a stable trend. This is because, according to the agency, compared to the months that have passed, the oscillations verified are small. Even so, she does not rule out the possibility of changing these numbers by operators when they make their revisions.

Final considerations

Having said that, we News Report we hope to have clarified the main information regarding the drop in customers of health insurance in the period between the end of March and May 2020. Continue to follow our website to learn more about the country's economy. We will also keep you up to date on taking out credit. Therefore, do not miss our next publications!

Source: G1