CASS Board Unanimously Approves 2027 Budgets with 14% Healthcare Rise

The CASS board of directors unanimously approved draft budgets for 2027 on Monday, during its first fully in-person meeting since the 17 June elections that renewed four seats. The plans incorporate a projected 14% increase in healthcare spending from the Servei Andorrà d’Atenció Sanitària (SAAS), which will directly affect CASS accounts.

All board members attended the session in person, including the newly elected representatives: Pere Canturri for pensioners, Daniel Armengol for business owners and self-employed workers, and Salustià Chato and Montserrat Martínez for salaried workers and similar groups. Martínez, the only re-elected member, had previously served a four-year term in that role. They joined Marc Galabert, board president; Jordi Cinca, president of the Retirement Reserve Fund Management Committee; and Josep Escoriza, director general. The previous meeting, held shortly after the elections, had confirmed Galabert, Cinca, and Escoriza in their positions but relied partly on remote connections due to its urgency.

The budgets cover both the general CASS operations and the Retirement Reserve Fund. Sources described them as continuista, mainly accounting for the SAAS's expected healthcare cost rise. The documents will now go to the government for analysis, possible adjustments, and parliamentary review. This follows government directives for parapublic entities to submit budgets by 30 June, with debate targeted for September to allow implementation from 1 January—accelerated in part by elections expected in early 2027.

The elections saw 5,386 votes from 89,325 eligible voters, for 6.03% turnout, higher than prior contests despite 93.97% abstention. Turnout varied by group: 7.83% among business owners and self-employed; 7.74% for pensioners; and 4.45% for salaried workers. Canturri received 453 votes (28.47%) from pensioners; Armengol won 1,038 (61.02%) from his group; Chato took 376 (17.96%) and Martínez 321 (15.33%) from salaried workers. Voting occurred via parish deposits and in-person at CASS headquarters.