HEALTHCARE
Universal access 'saved 80,000 families'
- Published: 28/01/2012 at 03:58 AM
- Newspaper section: News
After four decades of developing health infrastructure and three decades of designing and implementing a number of different health insurance schemes, Thailand achieved universal healthcare coverage in 2002. Ever since, all Thais have been covered by health insurance guaranteeing them access to health services.
PM Yingluck Shinawatra accepts a petition from consumer activists who gathered at the Public Health Ministry earlier this month, to oppose a plan to revive the 30-baht healthcare scheme.
The key to this achievement is the universal healthcare scheme (UCS).
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About the author
- Writer: Apiradee Treerutkuarkul
- Position: Reporter
