As the Universal Coverage Scheme policy had been part of the TRTP's manifest since 26 March 2000 and was promoted during the political campaign under the slogan of ‘sam sib baht raksathukrok’ (“30 baht treats all diseases”), the ‘30 baht’ (approximately 30 baht to the US 0.70dollar) policy became one of the government’s top priority policies to be implemented following the election.