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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   28 March 2024

Healthcare Ministry to unveil universal insurance concept soon

Healthcare Ministry to unveil universal insurance concept soon

YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS. Healthcare Minister of Armenia Arsen Torosyan has said the health insurance concept will be unveiled in the coming months.

Torosyan also conducted a poll on Facebook, asking Armenians to express an opinion about a potential universal healthcare insurance system which will require employed citizens to pay 3,5% of their monthly salaries every month, in addition to income tax, and will cover all age groups and will include the main volume of treatment in polyclinics, general hospitals and also free medication for the home treatment of a number of conditions.

79% of respondents  approved the idea.

Torosyan said the universal insurance system will be introduced within several years. He said the introduction of the system will eliminate “catastrophic health expenditures” – which in some cases “have led to impoverishment of families” for all people included in the system.  

The concept will be presented for broad public discussion within few months, he said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan








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