Universal health insurance in Armenia will exacerbate income  polarization, making the poor even poorer:  Mesrop Arakelyan

ArmInfo.  The introduction of the Universal Health Insurance system will exacerbate income polarization, making the poor poorer and the rich richer. Mesrop  Arakelyan, former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia and  co-founder of the "Country to Lice" party, shared this viewpoint.

"As is known, citizens earning 200,001 drams or more will pay 10,800  drams per month for insurance, regardless of their salary. Meanwhile,  contributions to the "Zinap" Military Insurance Fund will be slightly  reduced. As a result, when everyone pays the same amount regardless  of their income-level, the burden on low-income people becomes  heavier compared to high-income people. This is a classic example of  social injustice, a defining characteristic of the current  government's actions," he wrote on social media.