When will the sun shine on Cyprus's National Health Service?

摘要

It has been 9 years since an official parliamentary law was passed in Cyprus to implement a primary-care-driven health-care coverage system for the entire population. Since then, the Health Insurance Organisation has been set up as the single payer, which, in collaboration with McKinsey consultants, has brought forth a detailed design for the long-awaited Cyprus National Health Service (NHS). However, despite the project reaching its final stages, a cloud of doubt remains over whether the government will take the plunge and implement what it has so carefully planned.