Amine Tahraoui: The Health Insurance Law Project Relies on Unified Management without Merging Systems
Amine Tahraoui, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, announced that Law No. 54.23, concerning amendments to Law No. 65.00 related to mandatory basic health insurance, aims to unify the management of public sector health insurance systems under the National Social Security Fund, without merging the systems themselves.
During a public session at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Tahraoui explained that the project seeks to assign management of the public sector’s mandatory basic health insurance system to a single entity, while allowing beneficiaries and their dependents to continue receiving benefits according to agreements made with mutual associations, and automatically transferring employees without affecting their enrollment in basic and supplementary insurance and pension systems.
The minister noted that the project includes an extension of the age for unmarried dependent children to 30 years, considering the specifics of traditional education and the institutions of Al Quaraouiyine University. It also stipulates providing health coverage for foreign students through special agreements.
Tahraoui emphasized that the project reflects the unification of management, not of systems, and that any comprehensive integration between the mandatory insurance for the public and private sectors requires in-depth studies to evaluate the financial sustainability of each system individually and after their integration, along with a specific legislative framework that may not fall within this law.
The minister confirmed that the law is part of the implementation of Framework Law No. 09.21 related to social protection, ensuring a single entity manages the mandatory basic health insurance while maintaining the integration of its components.
