Foreign workers' health insurance only from registered insurers

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign workers' health insurance which is mandatory from Jan 1 next year must be obtained from a panel of 32 registered insurers, said Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan.

She said action would be taken against employers who failed to do so and that the work permits of their foreign workers would also not be renewed.

In relation to this, the ministry would hold dialogue sessions with the stakeholders to explain the new ruling, she told reporters after launching the Hitachi Charity Flea Bazaar at Saloma Theatre Restaurant here today.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai recently announced that health insurance for foreign workers would be made compulsory from Jan 1 as it was costing the government RM18 million a year to treat foreign workers at government hospitals and that the cost was ever increasing.


The annual premium has been set at RM120 per foreign worker. - BERNAMA


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