It is a single-payer healthcare system financed solely by the Government of Maldives.
[1] National Social Protection Agency operating under the Ministry of Health was charged with the program execution.
[5] This limit was abolished and the scheme was renamed on February 24, 2014, as Husnuvaa Aasandha by then president Abdulla Yameen.
Instead, all citizens of the Maldives are automatically entitled to and enrolled in the program and are guaranteed of medicare on their behalf.
While Aasandha program ensures that no citizen has to pay out-of-pocket for medical services obtained from Government operated hospitals, the program does not provide 100% cover for cost incurred in private hospitals.