In March 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law (ACA). This major step in health care reform had the objective to increase access to affordable health insurance in the United States of America.
Medicare and Medicaid social security amendments were passed in 1965. This legislation is the foundation for the two health insurance programs which respectively cover persons over the age of 65 years and people with limited income.
The Estonian Health Insurance Act adopted on 19.06.2002 (RT I 2002, 62, 377), regulates joint health insurance (hereinafter health insurance). This act defines that health insurance is "a system of covering health care costs for the prevention and treatment of...
The Government of Nepal has framed the Contribution Based Social Security Regulations, 2018 (2075) by exercising the power conferred to it under Section 69 of the Contribution based Social Security Act The Social Security Regulations has prescribed certain matters as...
Since 2017, Ukraine has reformed health financing to improve access and reduce out-of-pocket costs, with support from WHO and the World Bank. This third joint review assesses progress, challenges, and adaptations amid the 2022 war. Despite the conflict, reforms have...
This law regulates the right to health protection that every person has according to the mandate established in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.The Health Law establishes the bases and modalities for access to health services and the...
The article "Right to health, a great triumph of the Supreme Court" by Mauricio Sarmiento Chavero, published on lasillarota.com, highlights that the protection of health in Mexico has been one of the great achievements of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and...
The President of South Africa signed the National Health Insurance Act, as a landmark step towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare services in the Republic. This pivotal legislation is aligned with section 27 of the Constitution, which guarantees the...
The first Law on Public Health Care and Services was approved by the Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia and came into effect on April 1st, 2024. Consequently, the Ministry of Health declared this year as the "Year of Public Health Promotion" and organized an...
Niger's INAM, created in 2022, promotes free health care and health financing reform to achieve universal health coverage. Supported by the CSU Leadership Group, it operationalizes the policy of free healthcare with increased funding, aimed at reducing inequalities in...
The Act regulates public health insurance, the scope and conditions under which medical services are covered, the method of determining prices and reimbursement of medicinal products by health insurance, and the method of determining the payment of medical devices...
The Health Service Act No. 247 of 12 March 2024 (LBK nr 1015 dated 05/09/2024) is the main law in Denmark known as "Bekendtgørelse af sundhedsloven" that determines health services provision, including benefits within the public health insurance in Denmark. This Act...
The purpose of the law is to establish the legal mechanisms for the financing and management of special programs for the preservation of public health and social assistance. The law that created the Solidarity Fund for Health (FOSALUD) in El Salvador emphasizes the...
On May 2, 2024, the standing committee on social policy and the general session of the Parliament of Mongolia approved the draft revision of the Law on Medicines and Medical Devices, which was submitted to the Parliament for urgent review. Minister of Health S....
Kenya is currently undergoing a transition from the 57-year-old National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). This shift aims to ensure equitable access to healthcare services for the impoverished and those in the informal sector...
