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25th Knesset · outgoing

National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Reduction in Health Insurance Contributions for Residents of the Periphery) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון - הפחתה בדמי ביטוח בריאות לתושבי הפריפריה)

TL;DRReducing health insurance contributions to 50% of the required amount for residents of the Northern and Southern Districts.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill amends the National Health Insurance Law so that it will require residents of the Northern District or the Southern District to pay health insurance contributions at a rate of 50% of the amount they must pay under the existing law. The bill is justified by the existence of gaps in health services between residents of the center and residents of the periphery, and in order to reduce these gaps until there is equality in services, it is proposed to order a discount on the payment of insurance contributions for residents of the north and south.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: June 24, 2026
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected24 for · 41 against · 1 abstained · 54 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 22 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 3 · Absent 4
Religious ZionismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditAgainst 3 · Absent 3
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 2 · Absent 2

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamFor 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 13 · Abstained 1 · Absent 10
Yisrael BeytenuFor 3 · Absent 3
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.