Healthcare in Ukraine

As of March 2009, the Ukrainian government planned on reforming the health care system, by the creation of a national network of family doctors and improvements in the medical emergency services.

[1] Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wanted (in November 2009) to start introducing a public healthcare system based on health insurance in the spring of 2010.

[2] Further reform was promised by Health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili in 2014 but proposals failed to make political progress and he offered his resignation - which was not accepted.

State funding for hospitals cover only the electricity and meager staff salaries, leading to widespread bribery.

[3] Although some companies (in their collective agreement) supply their employees insurance medicine[4] Ukraine doesn't.