Description: This seminar will discuss possible design options for universal health care and explain how we analyzed the potential cost both today and in the future. We examine various methods of phasing in coverage for all Indonesians, different possible basic benefit packages, cost-sharing arrangements for health system participants and reimbursement arrangements for providers. We will also discuss the variations in health care cost among regions and the impact of supply-side constraints on potential health care costs.
Presenters:
Mitch Weiner, Senior Social Protection Specialist, EASHS, World Bank,
Ibu Prastuti Soewondo, Chair of Health Working Group, TNP2K
Mitch Weiner is the Senior Social Protection Economist, World Bank's Jakarta-based Indonesia country team. He has worked in Indonesia for the past three years as an advisor for the Ministry of Finance under an ADB TA project. Mitch is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary with more than 33 years of experience in the United States and other countries. Mitch’s primary area of expertise is public and private pensions. He also has significant experience with health insurance, other social protection programs, regulatory agency development and training, actuarial profession development and life insurance company operations. Mitch has worked on projects with USAID, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Countries in which he has worked extensively include Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Macedonia, Armenia, Thailand and Indonesia. He also has completed projects in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Ethiopia and Mauritius.
