The Ministry of Health and Population revealed the stages of implementing the comprehensive health insurance system for the governorates of the Republic, stressing that the new system covers all family members and also provides health care to those who are not able, as the first stage includes the governorates of Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, South Sinai, Luxor and Aswan, while the second stage includes Matrouh, the Red Sea and Qena North Sinai, the third stage includes Alexandria, Beheira, Damietta, Sohag and Kafr El-Sheikh, the fourth stage Beni Suef, Assiut, Minya, New Valley and Fayoum, and the fifth stage in Dakahlia, East, West, and Menoufia Ahara, Gebze and Qalubia .
Dr. Mohsen George, technical advisor for the comprehensive health insurance body and a spokesman for the authority, revealed that the comprehensive health insurance system protects those who are unable from the risks of the disease and provides them with full health coverage without incurring any financial burdens, either through detection and treatment.
Dr. Mohsen George said in statements to “The Seventh Day”, that the state is unable for them to bear their contributions and contributions for life so that he gets a medical service in hospitals, health centers and units for free as long as his name and data are included in the lists of those who are not able, stressing that these lists will be reviewed periodically To ensure transparency and the arrival of health support to the beneficiary
Dr. Mohsen George added: There are 6 categories that will be included in the lists of those who are unable and the state will bear their contributions and contributions. The first category is represented by citizens registered in the Ministry of Solidarity who receive cash support from a solidarity and dignity program, and he continued: The state will pay them contributions and contributions.
Dr. Mohsen George continued: Likewise, those who are unemployed in the sense of those who do not work at all and have no work to depend on and this category includes those who are unable to earn and have no family and source of income, indicating that the third category includes residents of family and social care homes such as orphans and shelters, as well as the homes of the elderly And inmates of mental health hospitals and prisons.
The spokesman for the Comprehensive Health Insurance Authority said that the Ministry of Solidarity possesses data for many of these categories, and therefore the Ministry of Finance will provide their data and the Ministry will bear all costs represented by contributions or contributions. He continued: There is a fourth category, which can be exposed to health risks as a result of natural disasters or crises.
Dr. Mohsen George continued: The fifth category, whose monthly incomes do not meet their basic needs, and therefore will be included in the lists related to those who are not able. As for the sixth category, it represents the disabled, for whom the state will bear all the expenses of contributions and contributions.
And Dr. Mohsen George added that the value of the subscription to health insurance is 5% of the citizen’s monthly income, by 1% for the worker and 4% for the employer, and added that the categories from which the subscription was collected are 3 categories, working in the government, the public business sector, and the private business sector.
It is noteworthy that it is possible to register on the lists of those who are unable to whom the state will bear the value of contributions and contributions to enjoy health coverage within the comprehensive health insurance system through the website of the Health Insurance Authority and print the smart form and attach it to the documents stating that the person is unable and unable to treat himself in the event of illness and consequently He will be exempt from subscriptions in accordance with the law, and he continued: The state provides unified medical services for everyone, whether able or not.
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