Friday, September 8 2017 17:21

ArmInfo. Since October 1 of this year in Armenia, all beneficiaries of social packages will have an opportunity to choose organizations providing medical assistance, according to the press service of RA Ministry of Health.

According to the source, according to the order of Minister of Health of Armenia Levon Altunyan a list of medical institutions in which the beneficiaries of social packages will be able to receive the service without prior registration is approved. In order to effectively use financial resources and strengthen control over their flow, health care will be provided through health insurance. At the same time, the issue of ensuring the quality of the provided medical services is completely settled. In particular, the provided package of insurance, types of insurance contracts, the procedure for cooperation with medical institutions, as well as the procedure for the distribution of beneficiaries between insurance companies are established. As a result, all beneficiaries will be able to receive the necessary medical assistance in any medical institution.

To remind, on July 27 this year, Armenian Minister of Health Levon Altunyan told reporters that the pilot program for compulsory health insurance would be launched in September 2017. This program can benefit beneficiaries of social packages, the number of which at this stage is from 80 to 100 thousand people.  Within six months, the Ministry of Health will monitor the results of the program, after which it will include 612,000 socially disadvantaged citizens. And only a year after the monitoring and positive results, a law on compulsory health insurance will be introduced.

In Armenia, there are programs of social packages, which are provided by civil servants, in particular, by the component of recreation. The state budget for social packages (with the exception of the medical service component) is 10 billion drams. The social package for 132 thousand AMD a year is provided to civil servants and provides for several compulsory components - payment of health care expenses, covering interest on mortgages, payment of tuition at universities and rest in boarding houses in Armenia.