Around 4,671,487 Dominicans, most of whom are from low income households, are affiliated to the Seguro Nacional de Salud (Senasa), the government-sponsored health plan. The coverage benefits many that are seniors, jobless, persons with disabilities, employed at domestic households, and other low-paying jobs and expats. Nevertheless, the Senasa health plan is known to offer better coverage for catastrophic illnesses than most private health plans and is accepted at the major Dominican-government operated health centers that also cater to the affluent.
Senasa executive director Mercedes Rodriguez Silver says that only one million of its affiliates are part of the so-named Regimen Contributivo, and therefore pay into the system. She highlighted in 2018 the health plan was certified ISO 9001:2015 becoming the only health provider (ARS) to have the international quality management system certification.
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Noticias SIN
7 January 2019
