All working citizens are included in the universal health insurance program, including those citizens who have the opportunity to use the social package program. Hayk Babayan, acting director of the Health Insurance Fund, mentioned this today, October 7, during a press conference. "Now that the possibility of the social package is disappearing for them, they will not receive those 6,000 drams per month, to put it bluntly, that expense will be transferred to the state. In other words, the model that is circulating at the moment, which should be the participation of the employer, the participation of the state in terms of low wage earners, and the participation of the working citizen, and the burden of the working citizen was small for him to bear that burden. to get out at least initially, then the employer and the state would share that burden, and in this case, since we are talking about state employees, their burden will fall entirely on the state," he said. according to Babayan, the number of workers receiving a salary of up to 200,000 drams, who will join the insurance system, is quite large: 340-350 thousand, and this number is generally growing upwards. "Contract workers are also among the new groups, for which I cannot present numerical indicators, because that number still needs additional adjustment, and also the third number, which we can only get with actual forecasts and we will get. The given numbers are still not subject to disclosure, it is the indicator that citizens of one family member can insure additionally at their own will. A non-working family member who does not belong to a social group or falls between the ages of 18 and 65, and with our objective estimates, we imagine approximately that number. I can also mention from the fund's point of view that the sum of 10,800 drams, which was set last year, has shown that it is functional, that number is correct, that is, the calculations were objective during the reform phase and fortunately some unexpected shock development. Some did not exist or were very small. The payout ratio of the fund is only 93-95%, which speaks of the viability and stability of the fund, and taking into account that the groups joining this year were the most vulnerable groups, that is citizens 65+ and disabled, and From the point of view of the fund, the costs would be the biggest, we have the awareness that the cost burden of the groups joining next year will not be that high. Therefore, the established AMD 10,800 has been kept the same, but over time, if the services are expanded, the law allows the price to be increased. There is an upper limit calculated for the next few years, the price will increase according to the expansion of service coverage," he emphasized.
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10,800 drams for health insurance will not change yet, but it may increase in the future. Hayk Babayan

Source: KARTSIQ