On International Universal Health Coverage Day 2023, WHO/Europe highlights a critical report on the affordability of health care in Estonia. On International Universal Health Coverage Day 2023, a new report on affordable access to health care in Estonia reveals that 1...
The introduction of Universal Health Insurance (UHI) in Armenia is not going to happen in 2025. On November 1, 2024, Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan said in the Parliament the draft state budget of Armenia for 2025 does not contain funding for UHI...
Article 73 "establishes social insurance for the benefit of manual and intellectual workers, regulated by the system of compulsory contribution of the State, employers and workers, in order to protect them against the risks of illness, disability, maternity, old age,...
The Vaccination Law was approved by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala through Decree 25-2024, guaranteeing access to immunization against different diseases.The objective of the Vaccination Law is to guarantee protection against immuno-preventable diseases...
The Federal Law on Health Insurance (KVG) was first published on March 18, 1994 and came into effect on January 1, 1996. It was introduced as part of a major reform to provide universal healthcare coverage in Switzerland and regulate both health insurance and...
The Georgian government is introducing co-payments in the universal health coverage system to allow patient choice and flexibly. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said patients who could not choose a preferred provider or certain comfort level during medical care would...
As reported by Expats.cz, the Czech government has approved an amendment to the Public Health Insurance Act that could be a game changer for Czech healthcare. The law will enable health insurance companies to allocate significantly more funds toward disease...
Act LXXXIII of 1997 in Hungary is a law that defines the Hungarian health care system, including which services are free, which are covered by copayment, and which are excluded from prepaid public benefit schemes. This law also establishes the financing of health care...
This strategic plan used a new approach in the development of the strategic objectives for the Ministry of Health and in the organization and delivery of health and wellness services to the population. The World Health Organization Health Determinants framework was...
This is the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Insuring Health (I-1343), signed on May 21, 1996 by Algirdas Brazauskas, President of the Republic of Lithuania. The attached file contains the latest amendments introduced by Law No. XIV-2335 on December 14, 2023. This...
This law #223-V On the protection of citizens' health was signed by the President of Republic of Turkmenistan and is effective since May 23, 2015. It has replaced previous versions of the law -- "On the protection of citizens' health" from December 14, 2002, and "On...
The purpose of this law is to establish the principles and scope of compulsory health insurance in Mongolia, to ensure that every citizen of Mongolia is insured and pays premiums for health insurance in accordance with the law. The law also aims to create a fund to...
Article 72 establishes that"public health is a right of all persons and it is the responsibility of the State to guarantee access, free and quality care, protection and recovery services". To make this right effective, "the State institutes a health system at all...
Article 24 of the constitution states that “Every citizen has the right to free medical attention and also to social care in case of old age and disability”.
In Guyana, public budget covered over 65% of current health expenditure in 2021. The national budget in 2024 continued that positive trend, by allocating a record $129.8 billion.The 2024 national budget allocated a record $129.8 billion for health in Guyana. Although...
