Abstract

ROJAS ALVAREZ, María Margarita; CARDONA GAVIRIA, Carlos Ricardo  and  JIMENEZ GONZALEZ, Roberto. LA IGUALDAD EN LOS DERECHOS A LA SALUD Y LA UNIDAD FAMILIAR GOZAN DE GARANTÍA CONSTITUCIONAL. Rev. Derecho [online]. 2008, n.30, pp.200-246. ISSN 0121-8697.

Legislation of Social Security in Colombia, law 100 of 1993, includes in article 163, that non legally married couples living together, in order to access health services as benefitiary of the person subscribed to the Obligatory Health Plan (Plan Obligatorio de Salud P.O.S,) they had, as a requirement to be living together for a minimum period of two (2) years. This rule goes against our Political Constitution in its principals of Human Dignity, No Discrimination, Integral Protection to the Family, Universability and a worthy live, as well as fundamentals rights as Live, Equality, free developement of personality, Family Union, Social Security and Health. That, affecting 22.3% of our population but had stopped on July the 11th 2007 by sentence for being unconstitutional C-521 of 2007 of the Constitutional Court.

Keywords : Discrimination; Social Security for Health; Living together couples.

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