12. Financing Health Systems in the 21st Century

Table 12.4: MIC Reforms and Innovations for Achieving Universal Coverage

MIC Reforms and Innovations for Achieving Universal Coverage
Organizational arrangementReforms or innovations
Social securityOpening affiliation to self-employed and informal sector workers
Mandating universal participation
Providing direct public subsidies to the organization for including the poor
Subsidizing premiums for the poor, self-employed, and workers in the informal sector
MOHs and NHSsSeparating the purchase and provision of care
Using public and private purchasing
Reforming provider payments
Private health insuranceRegulating voluntary health insurance
Making private insurers eligible for mandatory social security for health
Providing demand-side subsidies for health insurance
Integration reforms (reforms that allow synergic interaction of multiple organizational arrangements)Using public and private purchasing
Providing demand-side subsidies for health insurance for the poor and for high-risk groups
Setting up risk equalization and solidarity funds
Providing health education to stimulate demand
Having a virtual single pool

Source: Authors.