Kupat Holim Meuhedet Explained

Meuhedet
Full Name:Meuhedet Health Services
Key People:Eyal Gabay, Chief Executive Officer
Headquarters:124 Ibn Gavirol St., Tel Aviv, Israel
Website:www.meuhedet.co.il
Ceo:Uzi Bitan

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]

Meuhedet provides coverage and service to more than 1.2 million members in 2020.

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 Hadassah, and the General Zionists' Health Fund (קופת חולים של הציונים הכלליים) established in 1936.[2] These two predecessor 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 and in 2019 purchased Nara medical which operates several private surgical facilities across Israel.[3] [4]

Uzi Bitan has been CEO since December 2022.

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  1. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Modern%20History/Israel%20at%2050/The%20Health%20Care%20System%20in%20Israel-%20An%20Historical%20Pe The Israeli Health Care System
  2. Web site: About Meuhedet . www.meuhedet.co.il . 13 November 2022.
  3. Web site: גם למאוחדת יש בי"ח פרטי: הושלמה העסקה לרכישת נארא. 13 February 2019.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410064811/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-49958611.html Meuhedet to reopen capital's Misgav Ladach Hospital