Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Well being Insurance coverage intends to conclude contract with a consulting agency to hold out research on introducing a package deal of insurance coverage advantages for particular person employees, who haven’t but come underneath insurance coverage protection.
The research will study the affect of introducing obligatory medical insurance on all home employees, registered with a single employer, if their quantity exceeds 4. This obligatory insurance coverage got here into impact on 1 July 2024.
The research will even embrace getting ready a report on the outcomes of the implementation’s affect and technical opinions on the appropriateness of steadily together with the remaining classes of three or extra, or two or extra home employees underneath obligatory insurance coverage protection. Moreover, it’ll research the appropriateness of elevating insurance coverage protection limits in accordance with the Unified Well being Insurance coverage Coverage accredited by the Council of Well being Insurance coverage.
The home employee insurance coverage coverage covers main healthcare, public healthcare, and emergency circumstances. It consists of hospitalization protection with out contributing to the co-pay, emergency therapy at clinics with a limiteless variety of visits, along with vaccinations, and exams.