Meuhedet
Meuhedet Health Services
קופת חולים מאוחדת‎
Founded1974 (1974)
Headquarters124 Ibn Gavirol St., Tel Aviv, Israel
Key people
Eyal Gabay, Chief Executive Officer
Websitewww.meuhedet.co.il

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]

Meuhedet is headed by Mr. Uzi Bitan, who has served as CEO since December 2022.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Israeli Health Care System
  2. ↑ "About Meuhedet". www.meuhedet.co.il. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "גם למאוחדת יש בי"ח פרטי: הושלמה העסקה לרכישת נארא". 13 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Meuhedet to reopen capital's Misgav Ladach Hospital
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