Bill Would Guarantee Health Care for Workers Awaiting Retirement

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 3, 2026 · Originally reported July 1, 2026 by Congreso Nacional

A Liberal congressman introduced legislation to keep medical coverage in place for workers applying for IHSS retirement benefits during the often monthslong processing period, arguing that some Hondurans risk death without treatment in the meantime.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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