Health Insurance Plans

Monthly premiums have risen by an average of 100% over the past decade — and by more than 1,400% for retired government employees — while patients face higher copays, shrinking benefits and fewer doctors.

A Senate bill that aimed to have health plans cover fertility treatments was rejected at the end of the legislative session, while the high costs of the procedures remain an obstacle for people wanting to get pregnant.

Most health insurance companies keep secret the information about the quality and quantity of treatments that they approve for patients in Puerto Rico, at a time when a shortage of physicians and restrictions on coverage plans and medications worsen the quality of health services on the island, a CPI investigation found.