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.
Starting in 2025, all private-sector employers in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) will be required to provide health insurance coverage to their foreign employees, extending a mandate already in place in Abu Dhabi and Dubai to the remaining five emirates. In Abu...
This extension of the law includes the decree that specifies the benefits covered by the Honduran Social Security Institute and describes how this institution should operate.
The Compulsory Health Insurance Reform in Azerbaijan was summarized in a blog by the State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance. The blog describes how for 8 years now, Azerbaijanis are visiting doctors or being treated in a hospital "without putting his/her hand in...
On November 1, 2023, the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania enacted the Universal Health Insurance Bill, a pivotal piece of legislation aimed at ensuring widespread access to healthcare services for citizens through a comprehensive health insurance system....
On 17 October, Kenya's President, William Ruto signed the four healthcare bills, Social Health Insurance Bill, Primary Health Care Bill, Facility Improvement Financing Bill, and Digital Health Bill into law after they were passed by the Parliament recently.The Social...
Le Conseil des ministres du Burkina Faso, tenu le mercredi 9 août 2023, a adopté 5 décrets indispensables à l'opérationnalisation du Régime d'assurance maladie universelle.Ces décrets étaient attendus depuis la promulgation de la loi RAMU du 5 septembre 2015. Ils...
On November 18, the Chadian government installed the members of the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAS). Created by law n°026/PR/2020 of December 31, 2020, the Caisse nationale d'assurance santé (CNAS) has three main schemes: the Assurance santé des salariés (ASS),...
As reported by the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Deputy Prime Minister Eraly Tugzhanov held a meeting at MoH to discuss the implementation of the instructions of the Head of State. The event was attended by the Minister of Healthcare...
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the Kenyan government is committed to expanding health service coverage with a focus on quality as well as reduction of healthcare costs. Speaking in Malindi while inaugurating board of directors of the, National Health...
Kenya’s National Health Insurance Fund (NIHF) Amendment Act, which took effect on 22 January, 2022 expands healthcare coverage and requires employers to pay matching NHIF contributions for their employees, unless they offer equal or better private medical coverage....
Law 87-01 of 2001 creates the National Social Security System in the Dominican Republic.
The Civilian Insurance Programme (CIP) is a semi-autonomous fund managed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) providing 42% of Jordanians with formal health insurance. The CIP covers all civil servants and their dependents for care at MOH facilities, RMS facilities,...
In 1963, the first health insurance scheme was initiated for members of the Jordanian armed forces (JAF). The Royal Medical Services (RMS) provides medical support to the forces, and is one of the leading health authorities in Jordan, playing a distinguished role in...
