The cabinet has today decided to expand the services of Aa Sandha, the government health insurance programme, to the private sector, starting from the 1st of June 2012.
The decision was made at today’s meeting of the cabinet, where discussions were held on the matter. It was decided by the cabinet that, Aa Sandha services would be continued at the government hospitals and health centres where they are already being provided, and the services would be extended to private hospitals and private clinics, that are registered according to a code of practice, to be set and disclosed by the National Social Protection Agency shortly.
The main objective of expanding Aa Sandha is to provide its services to the people sustainably, and facilitate its services to be provided at private health service centres as well.
The services that would be available under Aa Sandha, at registered private hospitals and private clinics, would be stated in the Aa Sandha code of practice.
