--- description: Meet #RouhaniCare title: Iran: Hassan Rouhani Nods to Barack Obama on Obamacare image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Iran](/tag/iran/) ## Iran Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Iran Leader Nods to Obama on Health Care  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2014 9:55 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2014 9:55 PM CUT Iran plans to launch an initiative to get all its citizens covered by health insurance, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Twitter Wednesday. > [](https://twitter.com/HassanRouhani/status/431163490519089152) Rouhani’s account, which is [not controlled by him directly](http://business.time.com/2014/01/23/no-irans-rouhani-doesnt-tweet/ "undefined") but is widely viewed as credible and has broken news on his actions in the past, threw in the hashtag #RouhaniCare, clearly an homage to Obamacare—President Barack Obama’s health care reform law—and perhaps an olive branch as the two countries try to expand on a [landmark deal](http://world.time.com/2014/02/04/iranian-foreign-minister-lays-out-condition-for-iranian-recognition-of-israel/ "undefined") on Iran’s nuclear program. The Islamic Republic already has a fairly extensive network of basic public clinics and health care is guaranteed to Iranians under the constitution. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4934/iran-hassan-rouhani-obamacare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4934/iran-hassan-rouhani-obamacare/"},"headline":"Iran Leader Nods to Obama on Health Care","datePublished":"2014-02-05T21:55:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:19:02.037Z","description":"Meet #RouhaniCare","url":"https://time.com/4934/iran-hassan-rouhani-obamacare/","keywords":["Iran","Obamacare","Nuclear","Hassan Rouhani","Sanctions"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/iran/","name":"Iran"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4934/iran-hassan-rouhani-obamacare/","name":"Iran Leader Nods to Obama on Health Care"}}]}] ```