Did 79% of Greeks not have health insurance in 2013?

Question

The following claim on recession in Greece is pretty shocking on its face, but also a little muddy:

Citing OECD data of 2013, the BoG [Bank of Greece] underlines that 79% of the population in Greece was not covered with insurance and therefore without medical and medicine due to long-term unemployment, while self-employed could not afford to pay their social contributions.

Is that really the case that 79% of the Greek population was without health insurance in 2013? I find the number shockingly high given the EU goal of universal coverage etc. Greece, in theory at least, had that already in 2012.

Answer 1

To quote the source that article is citing for the claim:

Σύµφωνα µε στοιχεία του ΟΟΣΑ (OECD 2015) για το 2013, µόνο το 79% του πληθυσµού στην Ελλάδα είχε ιατροφαρµακευτική κάλυψη.

Which, running through google translate, is in english:

According to OECD data (OECD 2015) for 2013, only 79% of the population in Greece had medical coverage.

The source for the Bank of Greece figure is OECD 2015. The following chart can be found in the OECD Indicators, Health at a Glance 2015:

So, No, the opposite claim is made by their source, that 79% of the population did have health coverage.

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