The phased introduction of Universal Health Insurance in Armenia will begin in 2024. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia has developed and presented a draft Concept on the implementation of UHI, ArmInfo writes.

The authors of the concept note that "compared to many countries in Europe and Central Asia, the level of public funding in Armenia is extremely low - over the past 25 years, it has amounted to 5.4% of the expenditures of the healthcare sector's consolidated budget, or about 1.4% of GDP, which is at least 4 times less than the average of countries comparable to Armenia in terms of income", the document says.

"In terms of household spending on health care of more than 10%, Armenia with 16.1% exceeds the global (12.7%) and regional (7.4%) averages. About 9% of the Armenian population gives more than 25% of consumer spending for health care, because of which about 6% of the latter become poorer, which is one of the highest rates in the region", the draft notes.