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Social Health Insurance Reforms—Mid-Term Experiences of Poland and Russia

Author(s)

Marta Borda, Patrycja Kowalczyk-Rólczyńska; Natalia Grishchenko

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DOI:10.17265/1548-6591/2017.05.002

Affiliation(s)

Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland; Novosibirsk State University of Management and Economics, Novosibirsk, Russia

ABSTRACT

As a result of transition process to market economy, Poland and Russia have come a long way from a centrally planned budget for social security to an insurance-type model in the social sphere. After more than two decades of reforms, it seems essential to compare and evaluate the policy solutions introduced in terms of the reform goals achieved and exposure to current challenges. The paper presents an analysis and comparison of social health insurance reforms conducted in Poland and Russia since the beginning of the 1990s. Moreover, the current problems of and future challenges for health care financing systems are identified. The varied experiences of Poland and Russia over more than 20 years show mid-term lessons which could be useful to other countries, especially those that face socio-economic transformation, in their choice of strategy and the practice of similar reforms.

KEYWORDS

social health insurance, health care reforms, Poland, Russia

Cite this paper

Journal of US-China Public Administration, May 2017, Vol. 14, No. 5, 254-262

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