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Russia Adds 15 High-Tech Treatments to Mandatory Insurance as New State Guarantees Take Effect

The government says funding will make new preventive screening programs free for patients.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced Cabinet approval of a new state-guarantees program for free medical care.
  • Vice-Premier Tatyana Golikova said the OMS package now covers 15 additional high-technology medical methods.
  • Officials said the expansion targets better access and outcomes for kidney, gastrointestinal, oncological and cardiovascular patients.
  • Health centers will conduct research to identify pre-risk conditions under government financing, with no cost to participants.
  • Tatyana Golikova launched the regional movement For the Medicine of Healthy Longevity, coordinated by the Government Office with Roscongress as operator.