The sustainability of the Colombian health system is a critical element for maintaining the progress achieved in health financial protection and health service coverage.There is pressure to increase health spending due to the adoption of new technologies, the aging...
The Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund and Kazakhstan’s Social Health Insurance Fund signed a cooperation memorandum on compulsory medical insurance during the International Conference on Accreditation and Quality of Medical Care, marking World Patient Safety...
This note presents the characteristics of public health insurance systems and analyzes their characteristics in relation to Universal Health Coverage in Mozambique. Compulsory public insurance systems represent an improvement in access and financial protection in...
Iraq’s healthcare system, once robust, has deteriorated due to decades of conflict, sanctions, and poor governance, leaving most citizens without insurance and reliant on an underfunded public sector plagued by staff shortages and inefficiencies. To address this, a...
Understanding the drivers of differences in the outcomes of insurance reforms is critical to inform future implementations of publicly funded health insurance to achieve the broader goal of universal health coverage. This paper makes a significant contribution to the...
The authors discuss the important topic of healthcare access for migrant workers, who face numerous health challenges when working abroad. Migrant workers often lack access to healthcare or the means to pay for it, leading to significant barriers such as cost, lack of...
The Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MoH) has unveiled new amendments on the Law on Health Insuranc to provide full coverage for patients diagnosed with rare or serious conditions, including cancer, stroke and paralysis. According to Vietnam News, the Vietnam's Ministry...
In Brunei Darussalam, national legislation mandates all registered migrant workers have health insurance. Employers are responsible to provide health insurance coverage for them. This study aims to assess the awareness and perceived knowledge on health insurance...
The Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures to implement mechanisms of state health insurance” was adopted (PP No. 311 dated September 5, 2024). State health insurance is to be introduced in Tashkent and the Syrdarya region from October...
Long-term economic forecasts by the Ministry of Finance suggest the revenues of the Health Insurance Fund of Estonia will grow by about 3.2% per year, but the expenses will have to increase by 5% per year in 2023–2040 to sustain the current level of access to care....
This study evaluated households' willingness to pay (WTP) for a proposed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Gambia, following the 2021 enactment of the National Health Insurance Bill. Surveying heads of households from July to August 2020, the study used a...
The Health Fund projects a €210M deficit for 2025, with €21M in planned savings. Covering the remaining €188.9M requires additional state funding or reserve use, which needs a legislative amendment. The final budget proposal will be submitted to the Riigikogu by the...
The law "On compulsory social health insurance" (No. 405-V ZRK) was signed by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev on November 16, 2015 with latest amendments to be effective September 1, 2024. This Law regulates social relations arising in the...
Federal Law "On Compulsory Health Insurance in the Russian Federation" No. 326-FZ was originally signed by the President of Russia on 29.11.2010. This law regulates the relations arising from the implementation of compulsory health insurance, including determining the...
On February 6, 2024, the Prince's Government submitted a bill to the National Council, no. 1.089, on state medical aid. Following on from Law no. 1.465 of December 11, 2018 on the family and social assistance, this bill establishes a new paid medical assistance scheme...
