Health Insurance for expatriates to become 130 KD by next year
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Health Insurance Hospitals Company to provide exclusive 'Dhaman' service for expatriates working in the private sector by next year. The implementation of this health insurance for expatriates will lead to increase in health insurance charges from the current cost of KD 50 per year to KD 130. However the cost does not reflect the actual cost of the health services to be offered to expatriates.
The ‘DHAMAN’ project will be carried out in two phases; the first phase will begin during the first quarter of 2017 in primary healthcare centers and the second phase will begin by end of 2019. The total number of expatriates who will benefit from this project will be about 2 million excluding those categorized as housemaids, local media reported quoting Board member and Chief Executive Officer of Health Insurance Hospitals Company Dr Ahmad AlSaleh.
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