This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Presse – Discount
The Higher Council of Accounts indicated in its latest annual report that 74% of expenses invoiced under the compulsory health insurance program, during the period from December 2022 to July 2024, were allocated to the private sector, while that the percentage of treatment costs provided by public hospitals did not exceed 26%.
The report, based on data from the delegated ministry responsible for the budget, reveals that total expenditure on compulsory health insurance during this period amounted to approximately 11.037 billion dirhams.
The report explains that excluding the amount transferred to the ministry in charge of health to cover the expenses of primary health service centers, the private sector dominates expenses at 74%, compared to only 26% for public hospitals.
The report confirms that efforts to achieve the goal of universalizing compulsory health insurance by December 2022 have failed to cover all target groups.
He explained that there are segments of citizens, such as beneficiaries of health coverage under contracts with private insurance companies or mutual societies, who are not included in the system, and their number is estimated at more than a million people in the public and private sectors.
Furthermore, the report indicates that the coverage rate did not exceed 68% of the target number of 22 million beneficiaries, until September 2024.
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