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The article discusses the attempts made by Morocco and Algeria to reform their social health protection systems. It describes the constraints and obstacles that they encountered in improving social health protection in the Maghreb. The study also focuses on the need to improve the capacity of the administrations to combat the growth of the informal sector, increase tax collection and attenuate the prevailing narrow, short-term budgetary vision, specifically in terms of funding for non-contributory health protection systems.