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Health insurance to cover 350,000 more people from 2027

First reported by Public TV news (H1 / Lurer): Yesterday, 22:28

Updated 15:51, 5 sources

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Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan has announced that from January 1, 2027, universal health insurance will become available to more than 350,000 additional citizens. Those earning salaries of up to 200,000 drams, taxi service workers and people working under civil-law contracts will be included. According to the minister, about 1.8 million people already use the system.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) · 22:28 · Pro-government

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 22:28
Balanced 2 / 14 First: Ararat News, 11 h 59 min later
Opposition 1 / 21 First: Tert.am, 2 h 30 min later
Timeline as a list
  1. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  2. Tert.am (Opposition)
  3. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  4. Ararat News (Balanced)
  5. Aravot (Balanced)

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