Arminfo.Healthcare Minister of Armenia Levon Altunyan considers possible introducing system of compulsory medical insurance, he stated about this after government's session today commenting to ArmInfo on the prospects of implying compulsory health insurance in Armenia.
At the same time the Minister said that activities are already held to introduce the system in the country. "I think that our government will finally prefer compulsory medical insurance as the only possible efficient method of financing medical services", he said. According to him the relevant program will be presented to the political authorities of the country.
To note, the issue of introducing mandatory medical insurance in Armenia was being discussed back in 2014. Head of State Health Agency Saro Tsaturyan was stating then that the program had been developed and presented to the government, however the process was frozen. According to the plan medical insurance would be compulsory for all the working citizens both in state and private sectors. The Head of the Agency was noting that the activities on the concept implementation would continue if political decision was made.
