The aim of universal health coverage is the provision of healthcare for all. Universal health coverage – in its essence, a deeply humanitarian social initiative – is difficult to implement, because of its high cost to the public finance. At present in Palestine, more than half of the population is already covered, but what would it cost to extend coverage to every one of the country’s inhabitants? If so, how should such a policy be financed? Economists Mohammad Abu-Zaineh, Sameera Awawda and Bruno Ventelou have conducted a study of the issue.