Leumit

Health Ministry report reveals long wait times for MRI, surgeries at hospitals and clinics

Health insurance provider, area of residence, and the hospital where they are treated are all factors in how long a patient waits for care.

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Leumi is leading the way in appointment availability

Israelis walk past a branch of Bank Leumi in Tel Aviv

ATM fraud spree: Bulgarian tourist indicted for stealing from Bank Leumi customers

 Haim Fernandes, CEO of Leumit Health Services, with Lior Strasberg, CEO of Matav

Leumit and Matav launch network of affordable assisted living homes


Health fund cannot refuse your request for services, says Knesset

Many health fund members have been turned down for such services without being given any explanation and details about how to complain to appeals committees.

 View of a Maccabi Health Center in Modi'in, on January 26, 2021.

Warnings about Israel’s impending doctors’ crisis - opinion

The decision of Reichman University, Israel’s sole private university, to open its own medical school may prove crucial.

 DOCTORS ON their way into an emergency room: A growing shortage of doctors threatens to become a major problem in the Jewish state.

Grapevine: Mor movement

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef 311

Coronavirus vaccination: Teens 16-18 begin getting the jab

The health funds will receive an influx of additional doses in order to make the teen campaign possible.

People get vaccinated at the Clalit vaccination center in Jerusalem, January 3, 2020.

1.37 million Israelis vaccinated against the novel coronavirus

Seven nurses who administered coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination center in Safed tested positive for the coronavirus.

Leumit Health Care Services mobile coronavirus vaccination unit.

Coronavirus: Health funds start taking vaccination appointments

Netanyahu, Edelstein to inoculate against coronavirus Saturday night at Sheba Medical Center

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein tour Maccabi vaccination complex, Tel Aviv, December 13, 2020

Insufficient vitamin D increases risk of severe COVID-19, says new study

Vitamin D has long been understood to impact immune response.

Vitamin D laying on the table with prescription bottle behind them.

Leumit HMO head: Israel health care system is one of the best in the world

All Israeli citizens contribute with taxes according to their financial capability, while medical services are provided according to their medical needs.

Nissim Alon, CEO of Leumit Health Care Services

Health system’s public ombusman presents report against insurers

The ombusman (public complaints commissioner) reported that Clalit Health Services, the largest insurer, incurred the lowest rate of complaints.

 Closeup of doctor giving a vaccination to a young patient. (Illustrative)

More health fund members switch; Maccabi gains, Leumit loses the most

Since 2002, Maccabi has succeeded the most to attract and keep members, while Leumit – the most debt-ridden fund – has been the least successful.

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