'Two-basket' healthcare system postponed again in Latvia

The current system provides healthcare services to all residents regardless of insurance contributions. Meanwhile, the split system, which has been under discussion for many years, has not been implemented since the law was passed, and its introduction is regularly postponed.

The Healthcare Financing Law includes the so-called ‘two-basket’ principle for healthcare services – a minimum level of healthcare, or the ‘basic basket’, which is provided to Latvian citizens, non-citizens an...