Health Ministry to announce amount of insurance payments and  state-subsidized rate for citizens under compulsory health insurance  at end of 2023 

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Health of Armenia will recalculate the state-subsidized rate for compulsory health insurance this year. Minister of Health of Armenia  Anahit Avanesyan announced this during a press conference on February  15.

She stressed that the recalculation will be based on the latest data  on the country's economic growth, tax revenues, and fiscal capacity  in the coming years. "At the end of the year, together with the size  of the insurance payment, the size of the rate subsidized by the  state will become known," she stressed.

In this regard, the minister mentioned that if during the income  declaration it is found that the latter are lower than the average  monthly salary, then the state will take over a part of the insurance  package.

Those citizens who do not have a formal job, and, for example,  receive income from outside, must monthly independently pay the  amount of the insurance payment. As the head of the Ministry of  Health emphasized, the beneficiaries of compulsory health insurance   will automatically be all those who were previously beneficiaries of  the state order, as well as persons under 18 years of age.

The minister drew attention to the fact that the introduction of the  medical insurance system will not depend on the income of the  citizens. "The cost of the package will be the same for everyone, the  subsidy percentages will be different," he said.

The insurance package, according to Avanesyan, will cover a wide  range of services, including the treatment of cardiovascular  diseases, oncological diseases, diabetes, etc., screening programs,  mandatory scheduled examinations, preventive measures, and surgeries.  The minister said that the insurance will also cover medicines,  including expensive ones, in particular chemotherapeutic drugs and  those necessary for the treatment of chronic diseases.

The compulsory health insurance  package, as she noted, will not  include plastic surgery and certain rehabilitation services.

The full health insurance system in Armenia will start operating in  2027.