At a meeting of the Committee of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on labor, health, women's affairs, and social issues, A. Mukanova, the chairperson of the Mandatory Health Insurance Fund, presented a report on measures to protect the rights of workers and their families within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund clarified that the initiative to appeal to the EAEU Court was put forward at the direction of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and presented by the Center for Judicial Representation under the Ministry of Justice. The main objective of the appeal is to clarify the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 98 of the EAEU Treaty dated May 29, 2014, concerning access to social security, including mandatory health insurance, for the family members of workers from the member states of the Union.
The Fund emphasized that the Kyrgyz Republic consistently fulfills its obligations within the EAEU. Family members of workers legally residing in Kyrgyzstan have the opportunity to receive medical assistance through the mandatory health insurance system, as provided for in the State Guarantees Program.
The issue of access for family members of workers from the Kyrgyz Republic to the mandatory health insurance system in other EAEU countries is regularly discussed by the Kyrgyz side on various platforms, including the working bodies of the Union and intergovernmental commissions. The appeal to the EAEU Court is one of the steps in the dialogue on integration.
