|  | Scheme | Population eligibility | Benefit package | Financing | Affiliation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thailand | Before | Medical Welfare Scheme, 1975 | low-income individuals, elderly (those older than 60) and all children younger than 12, the disabled, monks and religious leaders, and war veterans (32% in 1999) | free medical care at public facilities: outpatient care, inpatient care, diagnostics, and medicines, Annual physical checkup (41% of the whole population in 1997) | general tax revenue | Ministry of Public Health |
Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS), 1980 | Civil servants themselves, their parents, spouses and up to three children under 18 years old (9%) | Inpatient services, outpatient services, Annual physical checkup | general tax revenue | Ministry of Finance | ||
the Social Security Scheme (SSS), 1990 | Formal workers in firms with over 10 employees for non-work related sickness, maternity, invalidity and funeral grants (7%) | Inpatient services, outpatient services, prevention, health promotion | compulsory tripartite (employers, employees and the government) contributions of 1.5% of payroll each | Ministry of Labor | ||
The Health Card Project (HCP), 1983 | Covers non-poor households, mostly in rural areas, who can voluntarily buy a card which attracts a matching tax subsidy and which gives them access to free care at public facilities as long as they follow referral channels (16% in 1999) | Inpatient services, outpatient services, Annual physical checkup, prevention, health promotion | Household: B 500 + per year, government subsidy B 1000 per year | Ministry of Public Health | ||
After | The Universal Coverage scheme (2002) | All the uninsured, voluntary health card holders, and those covered by the medical welfare scheme under a single unified program (47 million, 74% whole population) | Inpatient services, outpatient services, prevention, health promotion | General tax, non-contributory | National Health Security Office (NHSO) | |
CSMBS | As before | As before | As before | As before | ||
SSS | As before | As before | As before | As before |