Free Passes for People with Disabilities: Transporters Claim $27 Billion in Debt
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The decision of the national government to eliminate the economic compensation for transport companies for free tickets for persons with disabilities sparked concern in the sector. From the Missionary Chamber of Passenger Motor Transport Entrepreneurs (Caemtap) warned that the measure deepens the financial crisis that the firms are going through and could lead to new tariff increases. In dialogue with FM de las Misiones, the referent of the enti…
The national deputy of Santa Fe and former minister of transport Diego Giuliano presented a project to reinstate the subsidy granted by the Government to transport companies for tickets free of charge for persons with disabilities. He argued that the acquired right "is not a privilege, but an essential tool of inclusion." Through Resolution 28/2026, the Government repealed the system in which the State paid part of the free tickets for persons w…
The initiative presented by Unión por la Patria arises in the midst of complaints from families and transporters who warn that the adjustment puts at risk access to treatments, education and essential benefits for thousands of people with disabilities. National deputies of different blocks, led by Giuliano, presented a bill to restore the [...] The entry Presented a project to restore subsidies to the transport of persons with disabilities was f…
After the controversy generated by the elimination of economic compensation to long distance companies for free tickets for persons with disabilities, from the Provincial Council of Disability of Corrientes clarified that the right to free transport “continues fully in force”. However, from the Chamber of Companies of Long Distance (Celadi) explained in a statement that they have no resources to sustain the measure. The president of the agency, …
The National Government eliminated the financial compensation for free tickets for persons with disabilities, transplanted patients and oncological patients. The measure was formalized by Resolution 28/2026 of the Ministry of Transport, published in the Official Gazette. Since Javier Milei’s arrival to the National Government, he has not stopped striking one of the most vulnerable sectors of society. Different disability-related organizations ha…
They present a project against the cut in free long distance tickets The deputy for Santa Fe and former Minister of Transport, Diego Giuliano, presented a project to repeal the resolution of the Ministry of Transport, which eliminated the regime of economic compensation to support the free tickets for persons with disabilities, transplanted persons and oncopediatric patients in long-distance motor transport.The initiative promoted by the massist…
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