The government will start drafting the executive regulations of the Universal Healthcare Act this week, after the House of Representatives passed the law on Tuesday, sources close to the Ismail cabinet tell Al Shorouk. The ministers of health and finance are expected to meet with acting Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly this week to begin discussing the broad strokes of the regs before drafting begins, they added. The executive regulations are expected to lay out the criteria for those exempt from paying premiums into the new state healthcare system based on income level. Health Minister Ahmed Rady tells Al Ahram that those with chronic illnesses such as diabetes will be exempt from paying premiums to the system.

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