Government bill · 25th Knesset · published as law 14 January 2025
חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון מס' 72 והוראת שעה), התשפ"ה-2025National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 72 and temporary provision), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction
Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית
Topics: Health* · * from the Knesset's official law classification
Official summary of the law (Knesset)
This Law reduces the health insurance contribution rate for the low income level by 0.005%, so that it will stand at 3.23%, and, conversely, increases the health insurance contribution rate for the high income level by 0.005%, so that it will stand at 5.17%. The increase in the health insurance contribution rate for the high income level will apply only from February 2025, and in January 2025 that rate will stand at 5.16%.
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Hebrew original
חוק זה מפחית ב0.005% את שיעור דמי ביטוח הבריאות ברמת ההכנסה הנמוכה, כך שיעמוד על 3.23%, ומנגד, מגדיל ב0.005% את שיעור דמי ביטוח הבריאות ברמת ההכנסה הגבוהה, כך שיעמוד על 5.17%. הגדלת שיעור דמי ביטוח הבריאות של רמת ההכנסה הגבוהה תחול רק מחודש פברואר של שנת 2025, ובחודש ינואר של שנת 2025, יעמוד אותו שיעור על 5.16%.
Readings
- 6 January 2025 · First readingהצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון מס' 69 והוראת שעה) (תיקון), התשפ"ה-2024Bill Public Health Insurance (Amendment No. 69 and temporary provision) (Amendment), 2024autoBill passed first reading52 for · 42 against
- 13 January 2025 · Third readingהצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון מס' 72 והוראת שעה), התשפ"ה-2025Bill on Public Health Insurance (Amendment No. 72 and temporary provision), 2025autoLaw passed55 for · 46 against
What was said in the plenum
The bill is a technical amendment to the National Health Insurance Law, required due to limitations in the National Insurance Institute's computer systems, which are unable to calculate health insurance fee rates with three digits after the decimal point. The amendment slightly changes the increase percentages already set in a previous law, so that the rate will decrease slightly at the lower income bracket and increase slightly at the higher bracket, without changing the principle of easing the burden on low-income earners; most of the actual discussion did not deal with the content of the law but with other matters such as preventing the mother of a hostage from entering the Knesset, calls to establish a state commission of inquiry, and various political events.
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Hebrew original
הצעת החוק היא תיקון טכני לחוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי, הנדרש בשל מגבלות מערכות המחשוב של המוסד לביטוח לאומי, שאינן מסוגלות לחשב שיעורי דמי ביטוח בריאות עם שלוש ספרות אחרי הנקודה העשרונית. התיקון משנה מעט את אחוזי ההעלאה שכבר נקבעו בחוק קודם, כך שבמדרגת ההכנסה הנמוכה השיעור יירד מעט ובמדרגה הגבוהה יעלה מעט, מבלי לשנות את עקרון הקלת הנטל על בעלי הכנסות נמוכות; רוב הדיון בפועל לא עסק בתוכן החוק אלא בנושאים אחרים כגון מניעת כניסת אם חטוף לכנסת, קריאות להקמת ועדת חקירה ממלכתית ואירועים פוליטיים שונים.
Arguments for
- This is a purely technical amendment intended to align the collection rates with the limitations of the National Insurance Institute's computer systems, without harming the principle of easing the burden on low-income earners.Yoav Ben Tzur, Yonatan Mashriki (Shas)
Arguments against
- The increase in the price of health insurance is an example of the government asking citizens to pay more while it continues to spend without restraint and does not cut back on itself.Benjamin Gantz (National Unity)
- This is another price increase (alongside VAT hikes and rising food prices) that harms citizens while the government ignores the economic hardships it creates.Waleed Alhwashla (Ra'am)
Who spoke (49)
| Member | Faction | Readings | Speeches | In the final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoav Ben Tzur | — | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Mansour Abbas | Ra'am opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Tally Gotliv | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Simon Davidson | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Mickey Levy | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Oded Forer | Yisrael Beytenu opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Waleed Taha | Ra'am opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Benjamin Gantz | National Unity opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Galit Distel Atbaryan | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Yaron Levi | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Matti Sarfatti Harcavi | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Meirav Cohen | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Yoav Segalovitz | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Youssef Atauna | Hadash–Ta'al opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Michal Miriam Woldiger | Religious Zionism coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Waleed Alhwashla | Ra'am opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Hamad Amar | Yisrael Beytenu opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Ron Katz | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Merav Ben Ari | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Aida Touma Sliman | Hadash–Ta'al opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Evgeny Sova | Yisrael Beytenu opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Ariel Kallner | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Vladimir Beliak | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Ahmad Tibi | Hadash–Ta'al opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Sharon Nir | Yisrael Beytenu opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Yasir Hujeirat | Ra'am opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Yasmin Fridman | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Yulia Malinovsky | Yisrael Beytenu opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Elazar Stern | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Debbie Biton | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Yorai Lahav Hertzanu | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Naor Shiri | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Idan Roll | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Osher Shkalim | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Tsega Melaku | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Tatiana Mazarsky | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Moshe Turpaz | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Michal Shir Segman | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Shelly Tal Meron | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Ram Ben Barak | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Gilad Kariv | Labor opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Efrat Rayten Marom | Labor opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Naama Lazimi | Labor opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Meir Cohen | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Amit Halevi | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Avichay Avraham Buaron | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Alon Schuster | National Unity opposition | First reading | 1 | against |
| Shlomo Karhi | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Yonatan Mashriki | Shas coalition | Third reading | 1 | for |
An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2
Reservations to the second reading
8 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.
The reservations filed to the law sought to change the budget allocation rates for national health insurance, add a goal concerning strengthening mental health services, condition the law's implementation on budgetary conditions and additional reports, and postpone the dates set in it.
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Hebrew original
ההסתייגויות שהוגשו לחוק ביקשו לשנות את שיעורי ההקצאה התקציבית לביטוח הבריאות הממלכתי, להוסיף מטרה הנוגעת לחיזוק שירותי בריאות הנפש ולהתנות את ביצוע החוק בהתניות תקציביות ובדיווחים נוספים, וכן לדחות מועדים הקבועים בו.
By faction
- Yesh Atid opposition · 8 reservations · 24 members
A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it.
Who proposed what
- קבוצת יש עתיד · 8The Yesh Atid group seeks to determine that the purpose of the law is to increase budgetary sources for health services with an emphasis on mental health, to change the allocation and indexation rates set in the law, to add conditions related to signing an agreement and establishing balancing homes in the mental health system and to reporting on the use of national health insurance revenues, and to postpone the dates set in the law by about a year.Sections: לפני סעיף 1, לסעיף 1, לסעיף 3Yair Lapid, Meir Cohen, Karine Elharrar, Meirav Cohen, Elazar Stern, Mickey Levy, Merav Ben Ari, Ram Ben Barak, Yoav Segalovitz, Boaz Toporovsky, Michal Shir Segman, Idan Roll, Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, Vladimir Beliak, Ron Katz, Matti Sarfatti Harcavi, Tatiana Mazarsky, Yasmin Fridman, Debbie Biton, Moshe Turpaz, Simon Davidson, Naor Shiri, Shelly Tal Meron, Yaron Levi
Asked to speak: Mansour Abbas (Ra'am), Waleed Taha (Ra'am), Waleed Alhwashla (Ra'am), Iman Khatib Yassin (Ra'am), Yasir Hujeirat (Ra'am), Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu), Oded Forer (Yisrael Beytenu), Evgeny Sova (Yisrael Beytenu), Sharon Nir (Yisrael Beytenu), Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beytenu), Hamad Amar (Yisrael Beytenu)
Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)
Reservations, sections and other votes (1)
In order. Votes on reservations and individual sections are shown separately from the vote on the bill as a whole.
- 13 January 2025 · Second reading · סעיפים 4-1הצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון מס' 72 והוראת שעה), התשפ"ה-2025Bill on Public Health Insurance (Amendment No. 72 and temporary provision), 2025auto55 for · 45 againstVote on sections of the bill