AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightTherefore it is necessary to reform the current fiscal and insurance system of financing healthcare to the sys-tem of financing based on the insurance principle.
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Abstract
In Kyrgyzstan, the «compulsory health insurance» is not a true model of insurance. Mandatory contributions to compulsory health insurance (CHI) is a kind of state tax and state-funding of the health system. Employers are not motivated to support health insurance, as the payer don’t know how his payments are used. Therefore, the main contributors of CHI in Kyrgyzstan are public sector workers. Some people working in private sector, with higher incomes, is almost not covered by health insurance. Foreign citizens living in Kyrgyzstan are not able to insure their health. Therefore it is necessary to reform the current fiscal and insurance system of financing healthcare to the sys-tem of financing based on the insurance principle.
Özet
In Kyrgyzstan, the «compulsory health insurance» is not a true model of insurance. Mandatory contributions to compulsory health insurance (CHI) is a kind of state tax and state-funding of the health system. Employers are not motivated to support health insurance, as the payer don’t know how his payments are used. Therefore, the main contributors of CHI in Kyrgyzstan are public sector workers. Some people working in private sector, with higher incomes, is almost not covered by health insurance. Foreign citizens living in Kyrgyzstan are not able to insure their health. Therefore it is necessary to reform the current fiscal and insurance system of financing healthcare to the sys-tem of financing based on the insurance principle.