Organizational and Legal Basis for the Introduction of Health Insurance in Uzbekistan
Keywords:
the health insurance, compulsory medical insurance, medical services, medical care, system of financing and organization of health care, financial resourcesAbstract
Financing the provision of medicines within the framework of state guarantees of free medical care to citizens is carried out at the expense of compulsory medical insurance, sources of Republican and local budgets. Let's take a closer look at the features of providing medicines within the framework of the state guarantees program for providing free medical care to citizens.
According to the decree, the Minister of Health and the executive director of the state Health Insurance Fund are personally responsible for the full introduction of health insurance throughout the Republic by the end of 2026.
Since January 1, 2024, the State Health Insurance Fund will be transferred to the SSV structure, while maintaining the status of an independent legal entity and the current sources and procedure for financing its activities.
At the place of reference, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, from 2021, also commissioned the gradual introduction of compulsory health insurance in Uzbekistan.
