The Lebanese healthcare system is characterized by the multiplicity
of financing intermediaries consisting of six different publicly
managed employment-based social insurance funds, which
have different financing and governance mechanisms. These funds
include the NSSF that covers the formal sector of employees, the
Civil Servant Cooperative that covers civil servants, as well as four
military schemes that cover the uniformed armed forces, in addition
to private insurance. The NSSF and other insurance schemes
cover 57% of the Lebanese population. While, 43% of the population
remains uninsured and can benefit from the MOPH coverage for
hospitalization and catastrophic drugs