The regional branch of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (FOMS) will begin operation in the Lugansk People’s Republic in the near future, said LPR Acting Head Leonid Pasechnik.
“Every residents will be able to take out health insurance in the Republic,” Pasechnik wrote on Telegram. “It guarantees medical assistance and vital medications on a free-of-charge basis across the Russian Federation.”
Pasechnik said that he had already signed the decree on the establishment of the LPR’s regional compulsory medical insurance fund and ordered the government to have it registered and launched as soon as possible.
Free medical service across the whole Russia will soon become available to all Lugansk region residents, he added.
Pasechnik and FOMS chairman Ilya Balanin signed an agreement on interaction in Lugansk on Friday.
Earlier, LPR Government First Deputy Chairman Vladislav Kuznetsov said that FOMS’ regional branch in the LPR would start operation by yearend.
The Lugansk People’s Republic became a part of Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*ie
