Briefing Note #20: Leveraging health microinsurance to promote universal health coverage

Many countries are pursuing government-sponsored health insurance as a primary path towards universal health coverage. In these same countries, there are private health microinsurance schemes sponsored by community-based organizations, commercial insurance companies, or other institutions. In Briefing Note #20, the Facility explores the hypothesis that government-sponsored initiatives should collaborate with private actors to accelerate the expansion of health insurance to informal workers and their families.

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  • Meredith Kimball (Results for Development Institute), Caroline Phily (the ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility), Amanda Folsom (Results for Development Institute), Gina Lagomarsino (Results for Development Institute) and Jeanna Holtz (the ILO's Microi