The 100 days of the introduction of the Health Insurance System were recently summarized in the National Gallery. This period is the beginning of a path that significantly changes the healthcare system of our country. Of course, we understand that it will take time for the people to feel the results of this reform and to be satisfied that, in the end, the state is providing them with the long-awaited guarantee,” Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said at the event organized on that occasion, stressing that this process was made possible as a result of Nikol Pashinyan’s “political will”.

Before addressing the content side of the event, first, about its form.

Thus, on April 8, the Universal Health Insurance Fund delegates the organization services of this event to MAROG MARKETING LLC through a non-competitive, urgent one-person procurement procedure. according to the electronic procurement system, the price of the contract was 6 million 880.111 drams.

With this amount, according to the technical specification of the contract, the LLC was obliged to carry out event content development, design and printing management process, production of animated clips, participant support, event video recording and photography, media representatives management, event technical and logistical support, buffet and reporting.

“They celebrated the 100-day anniversary in the National Gallery with champagne, strawberries and classical music, when there were doctors in the insurance service in the Republic of Armenia who received a salary of 13,000 drams, or sonographers served 130 patients, receiving 1,300 drams for 1 sonography for 1 patient.” 168․amresponded to the event in this way Anush Poghosyan, President of “Right to Health” NGO։

According to Anush Poghosyan, the event has nothing to do with insurance or healthcare reform.

“There are many problems in health insurance. by the way, today not only doctors have problems, but also medical workers: many queues, restrictions, etc. I think this was just an opportunity for them to get together with their friends, drink a glass together, get a couple of nice rolls and get reels,” he explained.

In general, the healthcare expert considers the hasty investment of the fund as part of pre-election processes.

“This was a pre-election show, a pre-election campaign, to be able to go and tell the citizens that we introduced insurance, and we see their political leader and minister talking about it non-stop. And it is no coincidence that at this stage they provide a large amount of medicines. 50% of the budget for the whole year has already been distributed,” he concluded.

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