Tunisia: CNAM Crisis Driven By Liquidity Crunch, Calls for Sweeping Social Security Reform – – Expert

Tunis, Jan. 4 — Tunisia’s health insurance system, which covers about 3.5 million members and is characterised by a diversity of treatment schemes, is facing a severe liquidity crisis that has led to the current dispute between the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) and private healthcare providers, according to social protection expert Badr Smaoui.

In an interview at the TAP television studio, Smaoui said the paradox lies in the fact that, from an accounting perspective, CNAM records a…