Survey Reveals Moroccans’ Dissatisfaction with Healthcare Quality and Costs

50% of respondents believe that "poor quality of services" and "poor medical supervision" are the two main causes of poor access to health services, according to the HCP document. And 60.3% of Moroccans surveyed consider that health expenditures are "exceptionally high".

As for the quality of medical coverage benefits, 56.2% of women consider it to be low, compared to 43.2% of men. In detail, 51.7% of citizens believe that the quality of medical coverage is low or very low, 35% average and 13.3% good. Almost half (47.6%) of respondents agree on the privatization of health services in order to extend medical coverage for all, the document specifies.

On the employment side, young people develop a sense of insecurity. This feeling is justified by the fact that only 3.8% of unemployed young people who have already worked are enrolled in a pension or retirement scheme. While nearly two-thirds of Moroccans surveyed (64.3%) believe that the age of 60 is the maximum age for retirement, one in five Moroccans (21.2%) wants retirement before 60, details the same source.

Regarding the growing concern of Moroccans about the financing of pensions, people under 29 are mainly concerned about employment (66%, compared to 37% among those 60 and over), followed by the care of the poor and unemployment compensation (29.8%). Conversely, social coverage and pension financing are the main concern (63.4%) among the elderly.