Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Archives

1 July 2026

Malaysia

Governor: Bank Negara Mandated To Protect Insurance Industry

BNM governor Abdul Rasheed says Bank Negara protects the insurance and bank industries to maintain stability of the financial sector for continued services to the public, adding that premium increases are needed to ensure health insurance sustainability.

26 January 2026

Letter

Health Assurance: Base MHIT Plan And Societal Needs — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Dr Rafick Khan welcomes the base MHIT plan as a "commendable" initiative, but says BNM's White Paper largely focuses on insurable people within a commercial framework, without a clear commitment to the entire population like national health insurance.

24 October 2025

Malaysia

Bank Negara, MOH To Meet Medical Fraternity On MHIT Product

Amid widespread perception of ITO/TPA interference in medical practice, Bank Negara and MOH have invited MMA to an engagement session next Tuesday to update the medical fraternity on Reset, including the base MHIT product and other health care reforms.

1 July 2025

Opinion

The Insidious Privatisation Of Malaysia’s Health Care System

I resent how the government says I’m no longer welcome in public hospitals/clinics, due to my socioeconomic background, and tells me to go private and use my EPF. This “solution” to an overcrowded public health care system is privatisation in all but name.

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Governor: Bank Negara Mandated To Protect Insurance Industry

Bank Negara, MOH To Meet Medical Fraternity On MHIT Product

The Insidious Privatisation Of Malaysia’s Health Care System

Ministers, Officials Go Around The World On 50 Trips In 50 Days

The Corporate Scalpel: How Malaysia’s Private Hospitals Are Quietly Reshaping The Fight Against NCDs — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam

A Specialist Blocked At Home Is A Specialist Recruited Abroad — MMA

Governor: Bank Negara Mandated To Protect Insurance Industry

Plague On Both Your Houses: MPs Slam Insurers, Private Hospitals