Health insurance: 12.8% of residents of Atyrau region not insured

An extraordinary XV session of the regional maslikhat was held in Atyrau with the participation of the akim of the Atyrau region Serik Shapkenov, the Press Service of the akim of the region reports.

The meeting, chaired by the Secretary of the regional maslikhat Alibek Nautiyev, was attended by deputies of the akim of the region, the head of the office, heads of departments and deputies of the regional maslikhat.

On the agenda is an issue related to the activities of the branch of the compulsory social health insurance fund in the Atyrau region, amendments to the decision of the Atyrau regional maslikhat dated March 28, 2012 No. 28-V “On the Personnel Composition of the Akimat of Atyrau region” and the decision of the regional maslikhat dated December 13, 2021 year No. 105 "On the Regional Budget for 2022-2024", early termination of the powers of a deputy of the regional maslikhat.

According to the Director of the branch of the compulsory social health insurance fund in the Atyrau region, Baitolla Gazizov, as of July 1, 2022, the number of uninsured citizens throughout the country is 18.7%, in the Atyrau region - 12.8%.

“If at the beginning of the year the number of uninsured citizens was 90,898 people, then today it is 84,517. In general, in the context of Kazakhstan, our region recorded the smallest number of uninsured citizens. Kurmangazy, Isatay districts and the city of Atyrau are leading in their number,” B. Gazizov says.

Throughout the region for the first half of the year 22,021 violations of contracts of the system of compulsory social health insurance were revealed in the amount of 163 million 15 thousand 576 tenge. The head of the region noted that it is necessary to take concrete measures to eliminate such cases.

“It is important, together with the deputies, within the framework of the legislation, to consider all available proposals for improving the work of the compulsory social health insurance fund. There should be no ambiguity about tariffs or monitoring. Some medical organizations providing services within the system are not transparent when setting prices. This is important, behind this are the salaries of medical workers and the prices of medicines. Therefore, I instruct to intensify work in this direction,” Serik Shapkenov said.

In conclusion, the head of the region noted the importance of the issues raised and instructed to intensify the effectiveness of the fund.