Three more firms offer health cover
dubai — The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it has added three more health insurance companies to provide the Essential Benefits Plan insurance package, fixed between Dh550 to Dh650, so that those with salaries under Dh4,000 receive adequate cover.
By adding the Noor Takaful Insurance, Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company and Union Insurance, DHA is raising the number of insurance companies providing the essential benefits plan package from nine to 12 companies.
The Dubai Health Insurance Law No 11 of 2013 was adopted under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
According to the Dubai Health Insurance Law that came into effect in January 2014, the legal liability for every sponsor is to provide an essential benefits plan insurance package — fixed between Dh550 and Dh650.
The three additional companies where chosen out of 10 companies that applied to be a provider of the essential benefits plan package, after meeting the required criteria put by the DHA, which is at par with international standards.
The required criteria includes a technical data study, the results of their performance in an electronic system, the ability of the insurance company to provide a quality insurance package with the proposed price and the mechanisms proposed by the company to get to all members of the community— especially those with limited income.
Humaid Al Qatami Chairman of the Board and Director General of the DHA said all health insurance companies must be committed to protecting members of society by providing them with quality healthcare services.
Al Qatami said that the DHA has succeeded in covering 98 per cent—more than four million— Dubai residents in the Dubai health Insurance scheme.
Dr Haidar Al Yousef, Director of Health Funding at DHA said that the essential benefits plan package covers many services that include ensures maternity, emergency, medical tests, referrals, medication etc.