Karaki: No change in hospital rates before funding is secured, file in Akar’s custody, malicious campaigns will not stop the ongoing march of the NSSF

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The director general of the National Social Security Fund, Mohammad Karaki, confirmed on Saturday in an interview with the National News Agency, that “there will be no change in hospital rates in the event that the necessary funding to these increases is not assured, “noting that” the file is now in the custody of the Deputy Prime Minister, Acting Minister of Defense Zeina Akar, to follow up with stakeholders from the ministries of health, the Work and Finance ”.

Karaki has denied rumors that the National Social Security Fund has started rationing hospital admissions, criticizing what he called “the process of lies, slander and fraud”.

“All talk of the bankruptcy or the withering away of the NSSF has no scientific basis, and we tell all skeptics that the march of the NSSF continues and will not be stopped by all malicious campaigns,” Karaki stressed. .

In this regard, he explained that the NSSF has simply advised doctors to be cautious in controlling unwarranted admissions to hospitals and to strive to cancel procedures that do not require hospitalization or convert them to coverage. to which the Fund contributes 80%. He specified that this approach attempts to control unnecessary expenses by preventing the admission of the insured, whose state of health does not require hospitalization. “The objective is to control health expenditure as much as possible, especially since the conditions in the country no longer allow any flaring policy, and we now live on aid from brotherly and friendly countries, and this measure has been approved. by the management of the Fund was greeted by the main actors in the field of public health in the country, in particular the Minister of Public Health and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, ”Karaki said.

Regarding the end-of-service indemnity, Karaki indicated that “the NSSF recently carried out 3 financial studies, which all proved that the financial sustainability of this section is guaranteed, until at least 2065, and that the solvency ratio of this Fund exceeds 200%, that is to say that the Fund is now able to compensate all policyholders at the same time, and therefore there is no problem with the type of compensation end of service, neither today nor in the future, and any contrary speech is misleading. “

Asked about family compensations, he said: “This section has absorbed the accumulated deficit, which was estimated to be around LBP 300 billion, and from this year it will achieve annual savings of up to LBP 50 billion.”

Referring to the financial situation of the sickness and maternity section, Karaki said: “We previously reported that the accumulated deficit in this branch is around £ 4.250 billion by the end of 2020, while the accumulated debts of the Lebanese State are approximately 4800 billion. by the end of 2020. Thus, the financial situation of this section and its continuity are linked to the extent to which the State fulfills its duties in terms of payment of debts accumulated in the NSSF and funds allocated to it in public budgets, the most recent of which is the budget for the year 2021, estimated at 460 billion, of which only LBP 50 billion has been paid to date. “

“We affirm that if the state pays all the funds allocated in the 2021 budget, there will be no problem with health insurance offers throughout this year,” Karaki reassured.

The director general of the NSSF concluded by reiterating that any speech on the bankruptcy or deterioration of the National Social Security Fund is without foundation and is not based on any scientific or precise information.

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