[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – SUMMARY – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your summary. Summary should be in bold and 250-300 characters. The counter at the bottom can help.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The change of the Estonian name of the Health Insurance Fund from Haigekassa to Tervisekassa is a necessary change of direction in our health care<\/span>, says Rain Laane, Head of the Health Insurance Fund.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TO BE EDITED – TEXT OF THE NEWS – Click on the WHEEL icon to open the textarea where you can paste or type your news. PLEASE USE THE USE ONLY THE FEATURED IMAGE FUNCTION on your right column to add the image.” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In recent years, the Health Insurance Fund has funneled more and more funds in the prevention of diseases and promotion of people\u2019s health. For example, cancer screening, monitoring of chronic diseases, health care at school and examinations for children and their parents have been expanded, free flu vaccines have been given out, and emphasis has been placed on the development of integrated care pathways and e-solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe name change of the Health Insurance Fund has raised questions and caused some confusion for people, but we believe that it is a fundamental and necessary change in Estonian health care. Changing the name is related to the goal of emphasising the end result of our activities \u2013 maintaining and restoring our health. The Health Insurance Fund is not a passive payer of treatment invoices, but instead supports the provision of health services and paying for them in a comprehensive, person-centred way, valuing the health outcome,\u201d\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0Head of the Health Insurance Fund\u00a0Rain Laane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn summary, we are focusing increasingly on how to ensure that people stay in good health longer, feel good and need less attention of physicians or do so in increasingly later years. At the same time, work continues to find solutions to the resource shortages that already exist in health care. This is so that in the future it would be possible to ensure high quality and timely medical care for all people in Estonia financed through common tax funds. But as a society, we also have to realise that responsibility for health does not lie only with the physician or the Health Insurance Fund but starts with each of us. We have the freedom to consume, eat and work, but also the responsibility to do all that in such a way that our health remains good even in decades to come,\u201d Laane said.<\/p>\n Over the years, there has been an increased emphasis on the early detection of health problems and prevention of health damage. The Estonian name of the Health Insurance Fund \u2013 Tervisekassa \u2013 was already under considering during the establishment of the health insurance system in 1990\u20131991, but back then it was decided in favour of the name \u201chaigekassa\u201d, which had been historically used earlier. 30 years later, we will adopt a name that emphasises the results of the work of the institution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The change of the Estonian name of the Health Insurance Fund from Haigekassa to Tervisekassa is a necessary change of direction in our health care, says Rain Laane, Head of the Health Insurance Fund. In recent years, the Health Insurance Fund has funneled more and more funds in the prevention of diseases and promotion of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987641057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[134,127,131],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987641385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987641385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987641385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987641057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987641385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987641385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987641385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}