DOHA: A recent report ‘Challenges Resulting from the introduction of Mandatory Healthcare Insurance in the GCC Region’ talks about the need for a sustainable healthcare funding model and challenges faced by the governments, insurance providers and employers as these countries move to private health insurance to fund healthcare.
The report has been published ahead of the 11th annual Healthcare Insurance Forum Middle East to be held in Dubai from January 25 to 28.
Estimates suggest that across the Middle East up to 50 percent of the money spent on healthcare is wasted. The report talks about how countries that have implemented mandatory healthcare have put specific practices in place that increases efficiency and effectiveness to curb this kind of wastage.
The report highlights the need for GCC governments to introduce mandatory healthcare: A system in which employers provide insurance for their employees and in some cases, even their dependents. The report talks about the ways insurance premiums can be kept low to help curb costs for employers while creating a better standard of healthcare for employees which has benefits for employees and employers. A focus has been on pricing and how to curb premium and medical inflation as the number of medical insurance seekers rise. Insurance fraud is a primary culprit that hikes up premiums, the report says. The Peninsula
DOHA: A recent report ‘Challenges Resulting from the introduction of Mandatory Healthcare Insurance in the GCC Region’ talks about the need for a sustainable healthcare funding model and challenges faced by the governments, insurance providers and employers as these countries move to private health insurance to fund healthcare.
The report has been published ahead of the 11th annual Healthcare Insurance Forum Middle East to be held in Dubai from January 25 to 28.
Estimates suggest that across the Middle East up to 50 percent of the money spent on healthcare is wasted. The report talks about how countries that have implemented mandatory healthcare have put specific practices in place that increases efficiency and effectiveness to curb this kind of wastage.
The report highlights the need for GCC governments to introduce mandatory healthcare: A system in which employers provide insurance for their employees and in some cases, even their dependents. The report talks about the ways insurance premiums can be kept low to help curb costs for employers while creating a better standard of healthcare for employees which has benefits for employees and employers. A focus has been on pricing and how to curb premium and medical inflation as the number of medical insurance seekers rise. Insurance fraud is a primary culprit that hikes up premiums, the report says. The Peninsula
