Dubai unveils mandatory health insurance plan

[The Straight Story]

Dubai unveils mandatory health insurance plan

By Kamakshi Gupta, Staff reporter
The much awaited plan for mandatory health insurance scheme in Dubai was announced on Monday.

Under the scheme, nationals, expatriates and visitors will receive basic health insurance coverage.

The scheme will be rolled out in phases and the first phase begins on January 1, 2009.
All residents and expatriates will have to register themselves with a primary healthcare centre of their choice.

Employers will be responsible for providing insurance cover to their employees. Where there is no employer, the individual resident of Dubai will be responsible for the insuring their dependents and those sponsored by them.

http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20007971.html

[undeterred]

1. Hillary, is that you?

[Liberty Belle]

2. So Halliburton has to provide for its employees in Dubai,

but not here. What a world.

[midnight]

3. I guess that is why they are based in America.

[Spangle]

6. Still will have to provide for those there

they will not leave loop holes for such companies get out of paying it.

[SpiralHawk]

4. "Gee, that's nice. Let's give them control of our ports. Smirk." - Republicon Homelanders

eom

[Selatius]

5. See, the problem with Dubai is that they don't have lobbyists from PhRMA and health insurance cos.

If they had big pharmaceutical and health insurance interests in Dubai, this would face a lot more opposition than it likely did.