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German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
Germany

Germany expedites cuts to social welfare, pensions, and healthcare to cover military spending, deepening poverty for workers and pensioners while sparing the wealthy. Rising deficits fuel class tensions, prompting calls for socialist reorganization.Germany is moving...

Bulgarian drug procurement bill blocked, defying EU infringement process
Bulgarian drug procurement bill blocked, defying EU infringement process
Bulgaria

Bulgaria faces EU sanctions as private hospitals, exempt from public procurement, overcharge for medicines. Reformers’ attempts to reintroduce tenders are blocked by political resistance and lobbying, costing the state millions annually and breaching EU rules.Since...

Catastrophic health expenditure and household impoverishment in Togo
Togo

This peer review journal article published in 2023 analyses catastrophic health expenditures and effects on household impoverishment in Togo.  Since 2015, Togo has been committed to working towards ensuring access to quality health care without its citizens incurring...

One in five women in WHO Southeast Asia region covered under health insurance
One in five women in WHO Southeast Asia region covered under health insurance
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal

In WHO Southeast Asia, only 1 in 5 women and 1 in 4 men have health insurance, with major gaps due to cultural, economic, and systemic factors. Tailored policies, stronger financing, and community education are needed to boost coverage and achieve Universal Health...

Evolving healthcare in Southern and Southeast Asia
Evolving healthcare in Southern and Southeast Asia
India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand

Rapid ageing and rising non-communicable diseases are straining South and Southeast Asia’s underfunded healthcare systems. Countries are boosting funding, adopting digital health, and improving preventive care, but rural access gaps and high costs persist despite...

Croatian Parliament amends Mandatory Health Insurance Act
Croatian Parliament amends Mandatory Health Insurance Act
Croatia

Croatia expanded health insurance exemptions, raised sickness benefits, reformed healthcare staff rules by abolishing internships, tightened misconduct standards, and passed a law requiring a master’s degree for speech therapists, with two years to comply. The...

Parliament approves Ghana Medical Trust Fund Bill
Parliament approves Ghana Medical Trust Fund Bill
Ghana

Ghana approved the MahamaCares Fund to support chronic disease patients outside NHIS coverage, funded by levies and contributions. Despite delays and political concerns over funding and branding, it aims to ease care costs. Further talks with Finance will address...

Morocco Overhauls Health Insurance System with New Unified Structure
Morocco Overhauls Health Insurance System with New Unified Structure
Morocco

Morocco has passed major reforms to unify its basic health insurance system under the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), aiming to improve efficiency, transparency, and access to healthcare as part of King Mohammed VI’s broader vision for universal social...

Proposed inclusion of new benefits in Uruguay
Proposed inclusion of new benefits in Uruguay
Uruguay

Uruguay's Minister of Public Health is proposing the inclusion of new benefits in the National Resources Fund basket. These include medical equipment and medicines for heart disease and cancer treatments. In June 2025, the Minister of Public Health, Cristina...