Kuwait – The State of Kuwait determined to exempt all residents of the Gulf Cooperation Council from all remedy charges, and to be handled “like a Kuwaiti.”
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Well being up to date the “charges and exemptions” coverage for guests to major care facilities, following reviewing all insurance policies associated to well being service charges and exemptions.
The exemption updates said that unlawful residents who’ve a sound card, little kids of a Kuwaiti girl married to a non-Kuwaiti, a non-Kuwaiti husband of a Kuwaiti girl, residents of the Cooperation Council who maintain a civil card or passport, scholarship college students, residents of social care houses, and youngsters beneath the age of 18 are exempted. Folks with most cancers identified in Kuwait.
The exemptions additionally included non-Kuwaiti youngsters beneath the age of 12 who’ve extreme disabilities, jail inmates, and shelters for home staff, members of official delegations, and “transit” passengers.
As for the classes not exempt from charges, the replace indicated that the charges can be utilized to the class of unlawful residents who don’t maintain a sound card and are registered within the medical insurance system. A charge of 10 dinars can be collected from them, in addition to non-Kuwaitis residing and registered within the medical insurance system together with: They embody diplomats, for whom 2 dinars can be charged as service charges and 5 dinars for remedy charges, along with non-Kuwaiti guests who are usually not registered within the medical insurance system, for whom 10 dinars can be collected.
Home staff may also be charged a dinar, together with all providers and remedy. As for ministry staff, their spouses, and their youngsters, they are going to be charged two dinars as service charges and 5 dinars as remedy charges, whereas they are going to be exempted from radiology and nuclear medication charges solely.
Supply: Al Anba newspaper
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2024-06-13 10:10:40
