One Million Older Adults Already Have Their Credential for the Universal Health System: Sheinbaum
This article by Alonso Urrutia and Néstor Jiménez originally appeared in the July 6, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left-wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. As part of the strategy to make the health system universal, one million older adults have so far been issued their credentials, the population sector with which this program began, with the goal that, starting in 2027, this system will begin operating and will allow greater integration of the IMSS, ISSSTE, and IMSS Bienestar to serve the population, President Claudia Sheinbaum reported.
Separately, she said progress has been made on the Vida Saludable (Healthy Life) program to attend to basic-education students in diagnosing obesity, oral health, and detecting vision problems, so that, together with fathers and mothers, the health of minors can be improved.
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Mexico Rejects US Economic Blockade of Cuba and Highlights Respect for Sovereignty at Ibero-American Summit
Representing Sheinbaum, Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco told Ibero-American leaders that Mexico’s security ties rest on “cooperation without subordination.”
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The President of Mexico Will Meet with Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit, in China
Sheinbaum will spend practically the whole week in Shenzhen, where APEC’s 21 economies will debate artificial intelligence, supply chains, and energy and food security.
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People’s Mañanera November 5
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on bid-rigging in election contracts, the state printing office, and the electoral authority’s 2027 budget.
