**Figure 2.**

*Total health expenditure by functions and sources of funding, Slovenia, 2006-2019. Source: Zver HE, 2021 [5]; Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 2018 [8].*

uninsured, for example, because they were waiting for their entitlement to pension or unemployment benefits to be recognised. The rest were mainly people who could not meet the formal residence requirements (e.g., undocumented migrants and ethnic minorities, such as the Roma population and homeless people). In addition, at the end of 2020, 15, 892 people had compulsory insurance but did not pay their contributions, which means that their entitlement to health services was suspended, and they could only access emergency services [1].

According to the Health Care and Health Insurance Act [7], there are 25 categories of insured persons. Each category has a different contribution rate, but contributions are mostly income-based. The first big group is employees (and their dependents), the second group includes the unemployed, other persons without a fixed income who are not registered as unemployed, pensioners, farmers, and the self-employed [1]. The National Institute for Employment pays the contributions for the unemployed; the state and/or municipalities for persons without income, prisoners, and war veterans. In addition, European regulations and bilateral agreements provide health insurance coverage for citizens from almost all EU countries. Special provisions apply to certain vulnerable groups [1, 7].
