page_title: Healthcare in Israel
section_title: Rights under the National Health Insurance Law
hierarchical_section_title: Healthcare in Israel / Health insurance framework / National Health Insurance Law / Rights under the National Health Insurance Law
caption_attribution_description: עברית: בית הרוחות או המוסתאשפה הוא כינויו של בניין לשכת הבריאות המחוזית של משרד הבריאות בירושלים. נבנה כווילה לערבי אמיד שמת לפני חתונתו והמעבר לבית, ומאז נותר שומם כעשור. לאחר מכן שופץ לבית חולים עות'מאני, ומתקופת הבריטים משמש כלשכת בריאות. הבניין מוסתר מאחורי מבנה שער גדול. בחזית הבית גמלון אבן עליו חקוק סמל האימפריה העות'מאנית. This is a photo of a place that is recognized as a heritage site by The Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel. The site's ID in Wiki Loves Monuments photographic competition is 2-3000-203
context_page_description: Healthcare in Israel is universal and participation in a medical insurance plan is compulsory. All Israeli residents are entitled to basic health care as a fundamental right. The Israeli healthcare system is based on the National Health Insurance Law of 1995, which mandates all citizens resident in the country to join one of four official health insurance organizations, known as Kupat Holim which are run as not-for-profit organizations and are prohibited by law from denying any Israeli resident membership. Israelis can increase their medical coverage and improve their options by purchasing private health insurance. In a survey of 48 countries in 2013, Israel's health system was ranked fourth in the world in terms of efficiency, and in 2014 it ranked seventh out of 51. In 2015, Israel was ranked sixth-healthiest country in the world by Bloomberg rankings and ranked eighth in terms of life expectancy.
context_section_description: Every Israeli citizen is entitled to health care services under the National Health Insurance Law.
  Every resident has a right to register as a member of a Kupat Holim of his/her choice, free of any preconditions or limitations stemming from his/her age or the state of his/her health.
  Every resident has a right to receive, via the Kupat Holim of which she or he is a member, all of the services included in the medical services basket, subject to medical discretion, and at a reasonable quality level, within a reasonable period of time and at a reasonable distance from his/her home.
  Each member has a right to receive the health services while preserving the member's dignity, privacy and medical confidentiality.
  Every Israeli resident has the right to transfer from one Kupat Holim to another.
  Each member has a right to select the service providers, such as doctors, caregivers, therapists, hospitals and institutes, from within a list of service providers who have entered into an agreement with the Kupat Holim to which the member belongs, and within the arrangements in place for the selection of the service providers, and which the Kupat Holim publishes from time to time.
  Each member has a right to know which hospitals and institutes, and other service providers have service agreements with the Kupat Holim, and what are the provider selection processes at the Kupat Holim.
  Each member has a right to see and to receive a copy of the Kupat Holim regulations.
  Each resident has a right to receive from the Kupat Holim complete information concerning the payment arrangements in place with the Kupat Holim for health services as well as the Kupat Holim's Supplementary Insurance plans.
  Each member has a right to complain with the Public Inquiries commissioner at the medical institute that treated the member, to the person in charge of investigating member complaints at the Kupat Holim of which s/he is a member, or to the complaints commissioner for the national health insurance law in the Ministry of Health.
  Each member has a right to file suit at the district labor court.
caption: Ministry of Health building on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem
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