Wednesday, November 7 2018 13:36

ArmInfo. The system of compulsory medical insurance in Armenia can be implemented within 3-4 years. This was announced on November 7 at the parliamentary hearings  on the draft state budget of the country for 2019, Acting Healthcare  Minister Arsen Torosyan said.

According to him, at present the Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia is  preparing a legal framework for the introduction of the new system.  The system will be regulated by the National Foundation, which will  issue insurance policies. "The state is interested in ensuring that  citizens are healthy and apply for medical assistance as little as  possible. The state apparatus does not depend on insurance payments,  while the revenue of private companies is directly related to  insurance policies and the number of patients (the more, the better)"  Arsen Torosyan noted.

He said that in this situation, insurance would become a link in the  chain of public policy, aimed primarily at preventing diseases, and  not treatment. To ensure the efficiently of the system, it is  proposed to evaluate the work of family doctors by the health of  their patients. "They will have to, for example, ensure that patients  with cardiovascular diseases do not have exacerbations, and do not  try to send them to the hospital for an operation", Torosyan said,  adding that medical insurance would become a means for healthcare,  not a means for earnings At the same time, if there is a single  insurance agency, it will be possible to save on administrative  expenses, which will not exceed 2% of their total budget. At the same  time, the Acting Minister stressed that discussions are currently  underway on whom will be the beneficiary of the future system, all  workers or all citizens of the country, including children and  pensioners.