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Rabat- Morocco’s National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has announced that retailers, artisans and other professionals registered on the Single Professional Contribution system (CPU), will now benefit from the country’s Mandatory Health Insurance (AMO).
Contributions for beneficiaries of the CPU will be retracted starting this December, the CNSS said in a statement. The decision concerns sellers, artisans, freelancers and self-employed individuals.
According to the statement, the news is a result of the implementation of decrees approved by the Government Council on November 17. Moroccans from this category of workers and their families will be able to benefit from AMO services.
For retailers and artisans keeping accounting records, the retraction date is January 1, 2022, and they will be able to benefit from the AMO byFebruary 1, 2022. As for auto-entrepreneurs and freelancers, the dates are February 1 and March 1, 2022, respectively.
In its statement, the CNSS stressed that, as part of King Mohammed VI’s instructions, the Moroccan government is committed to implementing in the coming year the royal plan of generalizing social protection.
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Currently, 11 million Moroccans benefit from the Compulsory Health Insurance. The government’s project is to provide all citizens with social protection, including sickness benefits and access to health services at preferential conditions.
The plan is in line with King Mohammed VI’s October 29 speech to open the legislative year’s first parliamentary session. In the speech, the Moroccan monarch called for the generalization of compulsory medical coverage for all Moroccans by 2022.
