Workshop to improve the health insurance system held

The Health and Social Insurance General Office (HSIGO) organized a workshop on January 20 and 21 on improving the capabilities of state health insurance authorities. The workshop was attended by 79 representatives from health insurance offices in Ulaanbaatar and the provinces.

In making the workshop’s opening remarks, Minister of Labor and Social Protection N.Nomtoibayar stated that his ministry is responsible for a lot of issues concerning the public, so the ministry is always working to deal with its issues. He noted that 47 public health measures were outlined in the 2016-2020 government action plan, and 21 of them have been launched. Minister N.Nomtoibayar said that the participation of state health insurance officials is important to kicking off health insurance reform.

During the workshop, Head of the HSIGO’s Health Insurance Policy Implementation Department N.Hishigsuren emphasized that the state has budgeted 1.5 billion MNT to provide children from zero to five years old with ten free medications. There are 88 pharmacies contracted by the Ministry of Health and HSIGO to provide customers with free medication.

The state offers people reimbursement for five types of medication to treat hepatitis C. Costs range from 340,000 MNT to 720,000 MNT per round of treatment, and the state has offered patients with hepatitis C reimbursements of 210,000 MNT per box.