Project aims to provide free health insurance cover of up to AED150k to more than 100 people with financial constraints
Health insurance
Capital Market Authority Oman
Oman ‘likely’ to bring in mandatory health insurance in 2019
Senior official says visitors to Oman will have to purchase medical insurance before entering the country under new scheme
Health insurance
India’s new ‘Modicare’ to cover 500 million poor people
Modicare, the world’s biggest health scheme, promises health cover worth 500,000 rupees ($6,900) to every poor family to treat serious ailments
Abu Dhabi
Giving birth outside the UAE could cost expats more, says Yallacompare
Expats who give birth abroad may pay more for the process if the birthing is considered a ‘pre-existing’ condition in the insurance policy
Bankruptcy
Time to regulate insurance companies, says Saudi German chairman
Sobhi Batterjee believes that low insurance policy prices are forcing Saudi hospitals into bankruptcy
Dubai Health Authority
Dubai ruler issues decree to set up new health authority units
Sheikh Mohammed’s decree establishes Dubai Healthcare Corporation and Dubai Health Insurance Corporation
Alpen Capital
UAE healthcare spending forecast to rise 9% by 2022
New report finds that growing populations, non-communicable diseases are increasing healthcare expenditure across the GCC
Clinics
Opinion: Technology continues to push the Middle East healthcare sector forward
On the eve of Arab Health, the rapidly advancing technological landscape will continue to shape healthcare in 2018
Cigna
Middle East medical insurance market ripe for expansion, says Cigna CEO
Cigna plans to roll out a machine-learning based health app in the region in the first half of 2018
Daman
e-Dirham to replace cash payments across Daman branches
The system increased efficiency for payments and reduced customer waiting times, according to the national health insurance firm
Dubai Health Authority
Dubai adds cancer treatment to basic health insurance plan
Dubai Health Authority launches Basmah initiative to cover screening and treatment of three cancers
Health insurance
Nearly half of UAE residents worry about medical expenses
New data from Cigna shows that a vast majority of UAE residents medicate when ill