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OHE Consult<strong>in</strong>g Report for PhRMA<br />

5 January 2011<br />

Coverage<br />

population. Its fund<strong>in</strong>g comes<br />

from taxes and social<br />

contributions. <strong>The</strong>re's a mix <strong>of</strong><br />

federal, state and municipal<br />

funds. No co-­‐payment is<br />

applied.<br />

For the private sector, fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />

comes from <strong>in</strong>dividuals and also<br />

from companies that pay<br />

private <strong>in</strong>surance for their<br />

employees.<br />

From the Brazilian constitution<br />

(1988), health is a citizen's right<br />

and an obligation <strong>of</strong> the State.<br />

So <strong>in</strong> theory 100% <strong>of</strong> the<br />

population is covered by the<br />

Brazilian Unified <strong>Health</strong> System<br />

(Public <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> System).<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>corporation <strong>of</strong><br />

technologies is however very<br />

slow and many "old"<br />

treatments are still <strong>of</strong>fered.<br />

21% <strong>of</strong> the Brazilian population<br />

is covered by the private health<br />

care system. <strong>The</strong> private HMOs<br />

pay for everyth<strong>in</strong>g that is used<br />

<strong>in</strong> ambulatory or <strong>in</strong>-­‐hospital<br />

sett<strong>in</strong>g. Treatments that can be<br />

taken at home are not covered.<br />

This has raised many problems<br />

for oral expensive treatments<br />

like oncology drugs, for<br />

example. Many patients go to<br />

court to get their private<br />

<strong>in</strong>surers or the government pay<br />

to cover its urban<br />

and rural<br />

populations. Private<br />

medical <strong>in</strong>surance<br />

ma<strong>in</strong>ly <strong>in</strong> the form <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong>fer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

complementary or<br />

supplementary<br />

health <strong>in</strong>surance<br />

benefits.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are four major<br />

medical <strong>in</strong>surance<br />

schemes: (i) the New<br />

Rural Cooperative<br />

Medical Insurance<br />

cover<strong>in</strong>g nearly 850<br />

million people or<br />

more than 90% <strong>of</strong><br />

the rural population<br />

In Ch<strong>in</strong>a; (ii) the<br />

Urban Resident Basic<br />

Medical Insurance<br />

which covers over<br />

100 million urban<br />

residents (iii) the<br />

Urban Employment<br />

Basic Medical<br />

Insurance, which<br />

covers more than<br />

200 million urban<br />

employed<br />

population (iv)<br />

Private Medical<br />

Insurance which<br />

this scheme<br />

employers pay<br />

60%, employees<br />

30% and<br />

government 10%<br />

National <strong>Health</strong><br />

Insurance (NHI) is a<br />

premium-­‐based,<br />

s<strong>in</strong>gle-­‐payer,<br />

mandatory, near-­universal<br />

<strong>in</strong>surance<br />

program run by the<br />

government to<br />

allocate health-­care<br />

funds. <strong>The</strong><br />

system promises<br />

access to all<br />

necessary health<br />

care for citizens<br />

with national<br />

identity cards. In<br />

2000, the coverage<br />

already amounted<br />

to over 96% <strong>of</strong> the<br />

total eligible<br />

population, and<br />

that percentage<br />

has <strong>in</strong>creased each<br />

year s<strong>in</strong>ce NHI first<br />

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