08/07/2024
"𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘕𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 5 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰-𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘔500 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵."
Co-payment/Deductible is not something new, it's just BNM step in to require Insurers to provide more choices to future policyholders.
Generally, these options requires policyholders to share a fraction of the medical bill's cost with respective insurer and in return, the premium that the policyholders pay will be reduced.
In recent years, most insurers (if not all) have revised their premium upwards and caused many policyholders to face financial hardship, hence prompting BNM to intervene.
Starting September 1, 2024, Malaysians can choose between new, cheaper medical insurance with co-payment features or existing plans without co-payment but higher premiums. Bank...