Kupat Holim Meuhedet

Kupat Holim Meuhedet (Hebrew: קופת חולים מאוחדת‎, lit. United Sickness Fund), is Israel's third largest health insurance and medical services organization and is one of four state-mandated health funds (Kupot Holim) that Israeli residents must belong to under Israel's universal healthcare framework.[1] It has more than 1.1 million members.

Kupat Holim Meuhedet, Jaffa Street, Jerusalem

The organization was founded in 1974 as the result of a merger (hence the "Union" in its name) of two Kupot Holim: The Common Health Fund (קופת חולים עממית) established in 1931 by Hadassa and the General Zionists' Health Fund (קופת חולים של הציונים הכלליים) established in 1936. These two organizations were formed during the prestatal Yishuv period and, like the other health funds in Israel, were modeled after the German medical mutual-aid societies (Krankenkasse) of the late 19th and early 20th century.

In 2005, Meuhedet took over Misgav Ladach hospital in Jerusalem, turning it into a diagnostic center.[2]

Phone: *3833

See also
  • Health care in Israel

References
  1. The Israeli Health Care System
  2. Meuhedet to reopen capital's Misgav Ladach Hospital
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