Tunisia: President of Republic Orders Urgent Overhaul of Social Security Funds to Protect Health Coverage

Tunis — President Kaïs Saïed met Monday at Carthage Palace Minister of Social Affairs, Issam Lahmar, with whom he reviewed the situation of the social security funds, particularly the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM).

The Head of State instructed that this situation be addressed as a matter of urgency and that immediate solutions be found to ensure the necessary health coverage for all insured persons, regardless of their affiliation schemes with the National Health Insurance Fund,…