Protects Court for Minors, but Not Adults with Disabilities
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The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) yesterday issued an unpublished ruling by issuing a general declaration of unconstitutionality with limited effects to a group of people, in contrast to the criterion applied since 2011, when these decisions were extended to the entire population.
The plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) declared unconstitutional the rule that excluded the delivery of essential medical devices to IMSS minors. With the project presented by Minister María Estela Ríos González, the institute will now have to cover supplies such as glasses, hearing aids, cochlear implants, prosthesis and external orthesis. The Court argued that the exclusion violated the right to health of children, wh…
New controversy in the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), now for access to medical supplies, a battle that the beneficiaries of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) could lose in plenary, under the argument of "budgetary failure." It was Minister Lenia Batres Guadarrama who positioned herself as the "financial shield" of government institutions, although her job is to pronounce on the constitutionality of the rules and not o…
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) endorsed the general declaration of unconstitutionality of the refusal of the IMSS to deliver glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids or implants, but only to benefit children and adolescents and not older persons. Minister Lenia Batres rejected that a general declaration of unconstitutionality could be limited to a sector of the population, but acknowledged that invalidating it would generally aff…
Minister Lenia Batres Guadarrama concentrated public attention following the decision issued on April 28 by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), which determined the invalidity of a provision limiting access to various medical devices for eligible minors of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).During the session, Batres Guadarrama voted against the declaration of unconstitutionality corresponding to action 13/2025, which de…
• The Court ruled that it excluded medical devices for children with disabilities• The IMSS should cover lenses, cochlear implants, prosthetics and other inputs• Lenia Batres voted against warning budgetary limitations Court failure to prioritize children's rightsThe Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled that the Mexican Social Security Institute should guarantee the delivery of various medical devices to children and adolescents with dis…
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