Longterm effects of public health insurance on the. Mexican health care evaluation an evaluation of the mexican seguro popular program designed to extend health insurance and regular and preventive medical care, pharmaceuticals, and health facilities to 50 million uninsured mexicans, one of the worlds largest health policy reforms of the last two decades. We estimate impacts of seguro popular for the population aged 50 and older on a set of indicators related to health care including utilization, diagnostic. A dark day for universal health coverage the lancet. Longterm effects of public health insurance on the health of. In 2004 the government of mexico initiated an ambitious program, seguro popular, to extend health insurance coverage to poor and informalsector workers. The effect of seguro popular on the supply of healthcare services.
We estimate impacts of seguro popular for the population aged 50 and older on a set of indicators related to health care. Dec 14, 2018, was a dark day for universal health coverage uhc. King and colleagues 2009 found that direct healthrelated expenses were reduced, and the use of prenatal and obstetric services had increased thanks to seguro popular. The seguro popular program addresses inhabitants who receive no healthcare benefits by providing them with subsidies for medicine and medical care. We test our claims using a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of a party in municipal government on enrollment in seguro popular, a public program targeted to the poor.
We call this ability clientelistic capacity and develop an argument to explain its variation among mexicos three main parties. Seguro popular is the most prominent component of the system of social protection in health launched in mexico in 2003 to provide health services to 52. Mexicos landmark seguro popular health insurance program was adopted in 20041. Mexican health insurance organization, seguro popular, relies on gemalto secure cards and services for its revolutionary healthcare program ehealthcare solutions mexico pdf 808kb last updated october 03, 2018. Manual del gestor del seguro popular 2018 seguro popular sonora. The rollout of a health insurance program and its impact on the. Com ele, voce e o seu veiculo ficam protegidos 24 horas por dia. Membership in seguro popular in mexico linked to a small. Gasto total en salud como porcentaje del pib, 20002016 grafica 9. Longterm effects of public health insurance on the health. Diagnostic and pharmacological treatment of intestinal amoebiasis. Seguro popular adds and limits coverages from time to time so please visit the following link for the latest coverage in spanish. To begin with, a federal judge in texas, usa, ruled that the affordable care act aca is unconstitutional.
Seguro popular mexican health insurance case study. Jan 22, 2018 aimed at covering the large fraction of workers in the informal sector without access to a social security program, the mexican public health insurance program seguro popular began in 2002 and now reaches more than 50 million individuals. Aimed at covering the large fraction of workers in the informal sector without access to a social security program, the mexican public health insurance program seguro popular began in 2002 and now reaches more than 50 million individuals. An evaluation of the mexican seguro popular program designed to extend health insurance and regular and preventive medical care, pharmaceuticals, and health facilities to 50 million uninsured mexicans, one of the worlds largest health policy reforms of the last two decades.
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