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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“There Would Be No Freedom, Well-Being, or Rights Without Sovereignty,” Sheinbaum Says from Tamaulipas
Inaugurating an IMSS-Bienestar hospital in Tamaulipas, Sheinbaum cast health, education, and housing as rights “and not commodities,” inseparable from Mexico’s sovereignty.
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More Than 500 People Commemorate the Centenary of Fidel Castro’s Birth at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico
Diplomats, Morena lawmakers, and solidarity groups filled the embassy as the ambassador thanked Sheinbaum for Mexico’s moral and material support for the island.
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Four Case Files and Two Crimes: Campeche Prosecutor’s Office Backs Stripping ‘Alito’ of Immunity
Two former aides of the PRI leader were just arrested as the case, involving over 83 million pesos in alleged diversions, has stalled in the Chamber of Deputies since 2022.
