Countries Without Universal Health Care

Many developing countries are paying a large share of the out-of-pocket medical expenditure by the users of the country. In some countries, it is nearly 100% amount paid by them but the heavy medical bills create a burden on various households. Most of them belong to the low-income groups so the highest percentage bars them to take advantage of medical facilities.

Healthcare Systems in Developing Economies

In Syria, the Syrian International Coalition for Health is an organization of health professionals that are committed towards providing better medical facilities to the people of the country. Their focus is to provide qualitative and affordable healthcare facility to citizens as it is adversely affected by the crisis.

In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the government has started programs for strengthening the healthcare system by managing health resources in the country. The Ministry of Health is taking a step forward to maintain equality in providing healthcare facilities universally.

In Montenegro, the government has introduced new laws concerning the healthcare system according to which modern and efficient medical facilities are available to everyone. The medical staff of the country is also highly trained and there are many health schemes started by the hospitals for the patients under which they can be registered.

Provision of Healthcare Aid from Various Institutions

In Syria, a number of foreign countries, including Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Germany, have come forward to support the country by providing basic healthcare facilities to the citizens in the crisis-affected area and an amount of nearly USD 1 billion will be spent on the healthcare of 17 million people.

In Saint Vincent and Grenadines, the pharmaceutical company is providing medical facilities and medicines to the people living in the Island Country. The Government spends nearly 10.18% of government budget on the people healthcare system in order to cover 100% population under public healthcare.

In Montenegro many modern clinics, such as those dedicated towards Dermatology, Infectious Disease, Neurology, and Gynecology, are due to be opened in the near future with the help of government funds to provide medical aid to the people. Many healthcare facilities are provided for elderly people through government funds, donations from private charity and that from foreign funds is nearly 57%.

The Role of Insurance Companies

In Syria, mostly the healthcare facilities are funded through foreign aid so no private insurance sector is currently functional as it is worst hit due to crisis. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the government has started the National Health Insurance Plan that focuses on creation of additional income that can be diverted towards supporting the healthcare of the people in the Island nation. The Insurance scheme will help citizens to pay for the medical facilities, as it will support the low-income group people. In Montenegro, the Healthcare Insurance Fund relatively funds the medical service in the country by improving the payrolls. The total healthcare spending is almost 91% out of pocket by private insurance.

Inferences from the Data

The healthcare facilities though are adversely hit in Syria due to ongoing rage but in Saint Vincent and Grenadines and Montenegro, the citizens are getting an access to good healthcare system with the contribution from government and insurance companies.