No public healthcare for expats in Kuwait
Kuwait is considering plans to stop all access to public health services for expatriates – though they pay KD 50 per year for health insurance. The idea is to reduce stress on the government budget, weakened by lower oil international prices.
Suggestions in this regard include doing away with ‘harmful subsidies’ which include healthcare for expats in public medical facilities, according to a report by the Supreme Council for Planning and Development.
The report calls for imitating an example followed in the 1990’s when the Kuwaiti government scrapped free education for expatriates in Kuwait, thus banning foreigners from studying at public and forcing them to enroll in private schools. The action led to a boom in the private sector and skyrocketing of private school tuition fees.
The scrapping of access to public health services would leave foreigners no option but to pay for private health insurance. Though it is unclear how the government will handle the KD 50 annual health insurance fee it currently charges each of the country’s 3 million expatriates.
Source : KuwaitTimes
Kuwait News
- Events in Kuwait
- Boys and Girls arrested
- Woman dies in fire saving her kids
- Kuwaiti teacher accused of assaulting special needs boy
- Kuwait signs two MoUs with China on road
- Driving license of expat housewives not to be renewed
- 120,000 expats to hunt
- 20 years old boy breaks into a house and rapes
- Health fee increase for expats in Kuwait
- Kuwaiti and his girlfriend break into 3 cars
- Kuwaiti man and his girlfriend arrested.
- 5 years residence plan for expats in Kuwait
- Expats in problem while travelling.
- Why to have HUAWEI P30 , P30 Pro.
- Dolby Cinema in 360 Mall , Kuwait
- New agreement between India and Kuwait for Entry Visas
- Toxins in the drinking water
- Driving license application and renewal go online
- Extra KD 8 per ticket
- New iqama process begins: Civil ID (passport number + Latin name + occupation).
- Don’t be confused in between passport and civil id during travel
Filed in: All • Expats in Kuwait • Local News
Subscribe
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.
