International Conference on Eurasian Economies

29-31 August 2016 – Kaposvár, HUNGARY

Paper detail

Paper ID : 1474
Status : Paper published
Language : Russian
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Damira Japarova
Session : 5E Экономической развитие

Compulsory Health Insurance in Kyrgyzstan: Problems and Development
Обязательное медицинское страхование в Кыргызстане: проблемы и пути совершенствования

• Prof. Dr. Damira Japarova (Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)

Abstract

In Kyrgyzstan, the "compulsory health insurance" is not a true model of insurance. Mandatory contributions to compulsory health insurance (CHI) are a kind of state tax and state-funding of the health system. Employers are not motivated to support health insurance, as the payers 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 system of financing based on the insurance principle.

JEL codes: I15, I18

Japarova, Damira (2016). "Compulsory Health Insurance in Kyrgyzstan: Problems and Development" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2016, pp.915-919, Kaposvár, HUNGARY.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C07.01474

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Session 5E: Экономической развитие