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25th Knesset · outgoing

National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Choice among Service Providers) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון - בחירה מבין נותני השירותים)

TL;DRThe proposal requires health maintenance organizations to allow members to choose for themselves the service provider in the fields of cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and oncology.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal adds a section to the National Health Insurance Law allowing members of health maintenance organizations to choose among all the HMO's service providers in these fields. The stated rationale is that in these fields there are significant gaps in skills between medical institutions in the country, and in these cases patients need to be entitled to high-quality treatment of their choice.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: May 29, 2024

The votes on this bill

Rejected9 for · 45 against · 0 abstained · 66 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudAgainst 21 · Absent 11
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Religious ZionismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
NoamAgainst 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidFor 7 · Absent 17
Ra'amFor 1 · Absent 4
Hadash–Ta'alFor 1 · Absent 4
LaborAbsent 4

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