Health Insurance Council, said that the compulsory health - TopicsExpress

Health Insurance Council, said that the compulsory health insurance for all members of the families residing in the Kingdom to begin from Monday, cross-linked insurance number of the establishment of each individual family unit after it was recorded insurance number to establish the father only. Nayef said the rural, the official spokesman of the Council: The General Secretariat of the Health Insurance Council has coordinated electronic link with the relevant authorities, to strengthen the mechanism for the application, which began as of early September ongoing. The Spokesman pointed to penalties if you do not share the employer or did not pay premiums cooperative health insurance for a worker has, are forcing him to pay all the premiums payable in addition to the payment of a fine of not more than the value of the annual subscription for each individual, with the possibility of being deprived of recruitment of workers for a period of permanent or temporary. In case of breach of any company of Cooperative Insurance Companies one of the obligations specified in the cooperative health insurance policy, you are obligated to fulfill these obligations and compensation arising from breach of the damage, in addition to a fine not exceeding five thousand riyals for each person covered by the document replaces the offense. He said rural: Requiring health insurance for family members of resident stipulated by statute for health insurance, and the day begins to apply mandatory in all insurance companies operating health insurance, the 28 accredited insurance company. The number of participants in these companies 9.7 million people, of whom 2.7 million Saudi workers in the private sector, with total complaints in the last year 1600 complaint 0.85 per cent on the insurance companies, and 12 per cent on employers, and 22 per cent on service providers and 1 per cent of complaints in other aspects. The Spokesman mentioned that the Insurance Council identified last date for applying for the list of cooperative health insurance at the end of June of next year, and then will not be acted upon; he said. He pointed to the highlights of the new regulation, such as raising the limit to the benefit of the document 500 thousand riyals instead of 250 thousand riyals, and the costs of stethoscopes up to a maximum of six thousand riyals, and the costs of cases of damage to the heart valves 70 thousand riyals max. And also the costs of conducting the process a maximum of 50 thousand riyals, and the costs of Alzheimers disease and autism, a maximum of 15 thousand riyals, and the national program for screening early for newborns to reduce disability and the costs of disability up to a maximum of 100 thousand riyals, and the costs of male circumcision SR 500 and punching authorized female SR 300. For his part, explained Adnan Khoja, former member of the Insurance Committee Jeddah Chamber, that oblige insurance on family members resident in the system already exists but he did not, and now enabled and tied to the establishment of a number of the individual. He added: It was a family member of the insured tied head of the household and only a specific number, but the system of insurance today will apply to every individual in the family regardless of the actual number and diversity, and is linked to a number of accommodation. He pointed out that many of the insurance companies were only three members of the family only, and now it has become necessary for all members of the family, what would limit the manipulation of insurance cards and everyone will hold a card