Armenia’s Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan announced at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on health issues that by 2029 the vast majority of the population will be covered by compulsory health insurance, presenting a draft law that establishes a new phased healthcare system aimed at ensuring broad access to essential primary medical services through a three-year implementation process, explaining that the law fully regulates the health-insurance framework—from the service package to reimbursement and complaints review—while noting that the first stage beginning in 2026 will include individuals insured by the state such as minors under 18, people aged 65 and over, individuals aged 18–65 with disabilities in Groups I–III, and families with 28 or more social-insecurity points, followed in 2027 by people earning up to 200,000 drams monthly, and in 2028 by remaining groups including agricultural workers and their families, with insurance financing primary healthcare, emergency care, and inpatient treatment according to a government-approved list of services, and with 1.7 million residents receiving full state-funded coverage during the first phase, the annual insurance package costing 129,600 drams and covering high-demand services such as outpatient care, clinic and family doctor visits, specialist consultations, and a set number of laboratory tests, a list to be further expanded to include certain surgical procedures such as ophthalmological (cataracts) and cardiovascular surgeries, while the 2026 budget allocates 127 billion drams for implementing the system.