75% of Dominicans are affiliated to a family health plan under the Dominican Social Security System (SDSS), according to the most recent statistical bulletin of the National Social Security Council (CNSS). That means 7,639,632 persons have family plan coverage as of December 2017. The Medina administration seeks to increase this number to 90% of the population by 2020.
Of these, 3,545,383 are under the governmental subsidized plan that benefits low-income families. Another 4,094,249 individuals receive health care through automatic deductions from their paychecks. In 2017, an additional including 150,955 people joined the healthcare system through this program.
“The increase in the number of people covered by health insurance is evident in of the central government’s investment in protecting the health of the country’s most vulnerable population,” said the general manager of the CNSS, Rafael Pérez Modesto.
The total population is estimated at 10.5 million people.
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26 February 2018
