Don’t Have Insurance? These Free Services Offered by IMSS Bienestar Milenio
go to original April 20, 2022

Public Health Care Options in Mexico (Two Expats Mexico)

IMSS Bienestar is a program run by the federal government that provides free medical care for all people who are not affiliated with IMSS, are not salaried or live in areas of difficult access, among its services are some specialized consultations such as mental health, nutrition and laboratory analysis.

According to the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the IMSS Bienestar program offers its services in 3,893 units distributed in 19 states of the Mexican Republic. For his part, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that this model will be expanded to other states such as Nayarit.

The IMSS Bienestar program seeks to serve up to 150,000 people as part of its plans for this 2022, in order to offer free health services and build a "Single Health System".

It is important to note that medical care will depend on each health unit as well as the hospitals that have this free health program.

Services the IMSS Bienestar Program Offers

The IMSS Bienestar program offers first and second level medical care services free of charge, highlighting general and specialized consultations such as:

  • General medicine consultation
  • Basic emergency care
  • Nursing and mental health care
  • Hospitalization
  • surgeries
  • Laboratory analysis
  • External consultation of family medicine and specialties
  • Diseases related to oral health
  • Nutrition
  • Preventive medicine

In addition, it will carry out community actions such as the provision of shelters, food and guidance on health issues, it will provide teaching material and will facilitate the accompaniment of midwives in rural areas.

How to Obtain IMSS Bienestar

People who do not have insurance or affiliation to the IMSS and want to take advantage of the free services should go to the Rural Medical Units or visit the hospitals that have the program in the aforementioned states, since there is no online procedure to join this program.

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This article was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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