{"id":554213,"date":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/23\/healthcare-coverage-growing\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","slug":"healthcare-coverage-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/23\/healthcare-coverage-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare coverage growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Health Ministry is expanding healthcare coverage to another <\/strong><strong>15 mn people <\/strong><strong>nationwide<\/strong> while the government rolls out its universal health ins. scheme across the country, it said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/egypt.mohp\/posts\/232557542388801\">a statement<\/a> yesterday. 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