{"id":80198,"date":"2026-09-27T07:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=80198"},"modified":"2026-09-27T07:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:01:58","slug":"dzw-bc84de5c2f6ad2c65e2d170df886d953ff87eb89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=80198","title":{"rendered":"Experts Highlight Algeria’s Free Healthcare as National Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Kriba Khdeir, a consumption expert and Vice President of the National Union for Consumer Protection, has affirmed the Algerian state's steadfast commitment to the principle of free healthcare coverage. This commitment is lauded as a fundamental national achievement and a primary defense mechanism, guaranteeing every citizen's constitutional right to medical treatment and care without discrimination. This position aligns with the ongoing rapid reform dynamics within Algeria<\/a>'s health<\/a> system.<\/p>\n

In the context of the health system's digital transformation and data governance, regulatory instructions from the Ministry of Health are instrumental in establishing health security and vigilance, alongside safeguarding the physical, psychological, and material well-being of Algerian consumers. Professor Khdeir's organization fully supports the Ministry's recent directive to prevent medical, paramedical, cosmetic, and therapeutic activities from being conducted outside official structures. Such practices, including parallel practical courses and unregulated treatments, are considered suspicious and detrimental, often targeting citizens' health and finances through unqualified individuals.<\/p>\n

While acknowledging the challenges posed by some private clinics, such as commercial tendencies, exorbitant pricing, and the practice of transferring complex cases to public hospitals, experts are emphasizing the importance of establishing health equity and robust regulation. Practical proposals include implementing stringent conditions to transparently regulate prices and services in private clinics and integrating social insurance funds through contractual agreements. These measures would allow patients the freedom to choose between public and private sectors using a 'Chifa card,' while also advocating for updated reference prices for social insurance compensation to comprehensively cover medical examinations, analyses, radiology, and treatment, thereby easing financial burdens on patients.<\/p>\n

The success of these health policies, safeguarding Algerian consumers and bolstering the health vigilance system, necessitates full coordination and field integration among supervisory administrations, professional bodies, relevant ministries, civil society actors, and media. This collective effort ensures the optimal execution of decisions and instructions. Ultimately, the synergy of state endeavors, stringent regulatory decisions, and shared societal awareness remains the essential guarantee for preserving the social character of the state, elevating the quality of health services, and protecting consumers from all forms of exploitation and risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Algerian state’s enduring commitment to free healthcare coverage is reaffirmed as a fundamental national achievement, ensuring citizens’ constitutional right to medical treatment without discrimination. This principle is supported by consumption experts and consumer protection organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80199,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80198\/revisions\/80199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}