AMMAN — A national committee is seeking
provide health care for citizens who do not have health insurance — estimated
at about 30 percent of the Jordanian populace — by launching a comprehensive
health insurance project last Saturday, Amman Net reported.
اضافة اعلان
Official estimates show that nearly two
million citizens do not have national health insurance. While a free civil
health insurance scheme for children and the elderly was introduced in 2011
after the Jordan Constitution was amended, it did not stipulate the right of
all citizens to such treatment.
President of the Federation of Independent
Trade Unions Azzam Al-Samadi, who prepared the draft project, told AmmanNet
that it is “essential” for ordinary citizens to be provided with healthcare at
a minimum cost.
Project focusThe draft health treaty aims to strengthen preventive
and curative primary healthcare and expand the role of primary health centers
to relieve pressure on hospitals in the Kingdom. It will also revamp the school
health care system, which caters to about 2.5 million children in the Kingdom.
The project also aims to develop health
services, improve healthcare quality, train workers in the health sector to
improve their efficiency, and provide material incentives for workers in the
sector.
Last March, the Ministry of Health launched
its 2023–2025 national strategy based on creating an integrated health system
that enhances the health of individuals and society and provides preventive,
curative, rehabilitative, and safe health services with fairness, quality and
efficiency.
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