HIBAPRESS – Rabat
The Progress and Socialism Party (PPS) has placed the reform of the healthcare system at the forefront of its electoral program, announcing a vision focused on strengthening public hospitals, expanding health coverage, and improving access to treatment.
The party proposes the generalization of compulsory basic health insurance starting from the end of 2028, with the aim of integrating approximately 8.5 million Moroccans who are still outside the health coverage system.
The program also aims to reduce the direct out-of-pocket health expenses for families to a ceiling not exceeding 25 percent, and to ensure that 90 percent of the population benefits from access to a health facility within a maximum of one hour.
In terms of human resources and infrastructure, the party commits to increasing the number of doctors by 15,000, nurses by 33,500, and creating an additional 9,000 hospital beds.
The program allocates an additional financial envelope of 47 billion dirhams over five years to the health sector, with an increase in the share of health spending directed to public hospitals and institutions to more than 50 percent.
The proposed vision is not limited to expanding health services; it also includes improving the financial situation of health professionals, strengthening effective autonomy in hospital management, and striving for a more equitable distribution of health services across the Kingdom's regions.
The party also sets goals related to mortality indicators, including reducing maternal deaths from 48 to 24 deaths per 100,000 live births, and reducing neonatal deaths from 10 to 5 per thousand births.
The program also proposes a ban on smoking in public places as a preventive measure within a broader vision to reorient health policy towards prevention and improving the quality of services.
