. Colombia adopted a government-subsidized health insurance scheme (SHI) strategy. The political debate about increasing SHI …Financial protection is one of the objectives of health systems, which protects poor households from falling into … poverty as a result of health care related expenses. Expanding prepayment schemes to the poor is difficult in developing …

We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor … municipalities, saving 861 children/year. The decline is driven mainly by deaths due to preventable causes, such as diarrhea and …