Finance minister lauds new health insurance system in Egypt

Finance minister lauds new health insurance system in Egypt

FILE - Minister of Finance Mohamed Ma'it







CAIRO - 15 December 2020: Finance Minister Mohamed Ma'it said Tuesday that a comprehensive health insurance project that was officially launched in Port Said last year is meant to provide integrated health care for all family members. 



President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has dotted all the i's and crossed the t's to assure a flexible health system, that is high-quality and copes with changes, is in place, Mait said in a statement by the Finance Ministry to mark one year of the official launch. 

Sisi has always stressed the need to safeguard sustainable funding of this system in order to be able to reform health services in Egypt in line with international standards, Ma'it added.

One year since the launch of the comprehensive health care system in the Canal city of Port Said, the government has successfully managed to handle challenges