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A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.
Decision 2003/751; European Union decision: Text with EEA relevance: Title: Decision No 189 of 18 June 2003 aimed at introducing a European health insurance card to replace the forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 as regards access to health care during a temporary stay in a Member State other than the competent state or the state of ...
A Health Information and Knowledge Management Centre is to be established, which will collect, analyse and process health-related data using comprehensive electronic medical records for all beneficiaries. All nationals, residents and visitors will be required to pay for mandatory health insurance. Benefits are prescribed by the law.
Those who make below a certain income must use the public health insurance, and public health insurers are forced to accept them. Those are compulsorily insured (pflichtversichert), and can choose either the private or the public system. Private health insurance is only available to freelancers, high earners and certain other categories. [172]
Employers pay for half of their employees' health insurance contributions, while self-employed workers pay the entire contribution themselves. [83] Approximately 90% of the population is covered by a statutory health insurance plan, which provides a standardized level of coverage through any one of approximately 100 public sickness funds.
The European Union has no major administrative or legal responsibility in the field of healthcare. The European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Consumers however seeks to align national laws on the safety of food and other products, on consumers' rights, and on the protection of people's health, to formulate new EU wide laws and thus strengthen its internal markets.
Expatriate insurance is similar to travel insurance but will cover longer periods time and deal with more complex requirements. The most common insurance policies purchased by expatriates include health insurance , personal property , automobile insurance and life insurance .
Bahrain does not currently permit dual citizenship, and a Bahraini citizen who acquires a foreign citizenship loses Bahraini citizenship. Bahraini citizenship can be renounced. [ 2 ] However, in 2016, Bahrainis could have applied to the Ministry of Interior to maintain dual nationality. [ 3 ]