40,000 teeth among three people and screenings for the dead: how clinics are plundering the compulsory health insurance budget.

40,000 dental procedures for three doctors, ghost patient appointments, and operations that patients paid for twice. After six months of investigating embezzlement in the compulsory social health insurance (CSHI) system, one key thing became clear: exactly how our contributions are being stolen. The mechanics turned out to be frighteningly simple. In a system worth 2.4 trillion tenge, a patient is…