Kupat Holim Meuhedet

Meuhedet
Meuhedet Health Services
קופת חולים מאוחדת
Founded1974; 52 years ago (1974)
Headquarters124 Ibn Gavirol St., Tel Aviv, Israel
CEO
Uzi Bitan
Key people
Eyal Gabay, Chief Executive Officer
Websitewww.meuhedet.co.il

Kupat Holim Meuhedet (Hebrew: קופת חולים מאוחדת, lit. United Sickness Fund) is Israel's third largest health insurance and medical services organization and is one of four state-mandated health funds (Kupot Holim) that Israeli residents must belong to under Israel's universal healthcare framework.

The main Meuhedet office on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem.

As of 2024, Meuhedet had approximately 1.3 million members, about 13.99% percent of the population.

History

The organization was founded in 1974 as the result of a merger (hence the "Union" in its name) of two Kupot Holim: The Common Health Fund (קופת חולים עממית) established in 1931 by Hadassah, and the General Zionists' Health Fund (קופת חולים של הציונים הכלליים) established in 1936. These two predecessor organizations were formed during the prestatal Yishuv period and, like the other health funds in Israel, were modeled after the German medical mutual-aid societies (Krankenkasse) of the late 19th and early 20th century.

In 2005, Meuhedet took over Misgav Ladach hospital in Jerusalem, turning it into a diagnostic center and in 2019 purchased Nara medical which operates several private surgical facilities across Israel.

Uzi Bitan has been CEO since December 2022.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Israeli Health Care System
  2. ↑ "דוח מסכם על פעילות קופות החולים לשנת 2024" (PDF). Israeli Government.
  3. ↑ "About Meuhedet". www.meuhedet.co.il. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "קופת חולים עממית". דאר היום. 1932-05-19.
  5. ↑ Haboker newspaper, January 15, 1959, p. 2
  6. ↑ "Health Care Systems - Four Basic Models | Physicians for a National Health Program". www.pnhp.org. Retrieved 2026-08-20.
  7. ↑ "גם למאוחדת יש בי"ח פרטי: הושלמה העסקה לרכישת נארא". 13 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Meuhedet to reopen capital's Misgav Ladach Hospital". Jerusalem Post. February 3, 2002. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  9. ↑ ריקן, חנית (2025-02-06). "סודות הכסף". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-04-07.