Health Benefit Plans in Latin America: A Regional Comparison

Úrsula Giedion, Ignez Tristao, Liliana Escobar, Ricardo Bitrán, Oscar Cañón, Silvia Molins, Lucía Alonso, Jorge Fernández, Giota Panopoulou, Eduardo González-Pier, A. Lorena Prieto, Camilo Cid, Vilma Montañez, Martín Sabignoso, Humberto Silva, Javier Curcio, Mauricio Dinarte, Luis Bolaño Prado

May. 1, 2014

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Guaranteeing the right to health care under equal conditions for all is a goal that every society desires to achieve, particularly in a region as unequal as Latin America and the Caribbean. Universal coverage is an important objective for most countries; however, the context for attaining universal coverage is difficult, as the pressure on health spending mounts with each passing day. So, what to leave in or out of a health benefit plan?

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