insurance Archives

10 October 2025

Letter

Commercial Interests Cannot Override Ethics, Duty Of Care, Or Patient Safety — MMA

MMA raises patient safety concerns from a collab between an insurance company and a pharmacy group offering 24/7 telehealth services, including doctor consultations and "instant" prescriptions via an app, saying there's a lack of regulatory enforcement.

10 October 2025

Letter

Doctors’ Day 2025: The Time For Polite Appeals Is Past — FPMPAM

On Doctors' Day, FPMPAM says the government's reluctance to decisively address issues like insurer interference, frozen consultation fees, and rising clinic operational costs leaves doctors and patients vulnerable. "The time for polite appeals is past."

28 April 2025

Malaysia

insureKU Introduces First Native Aggregation Service For Consumers

insureKU delivers a seamless, transparent, and user-friendly experience for comparing, understanding, and purchasing a wide range of insurance and takaful products.

27 March 2025

Opinion

Government’s Private Health Insurance Product Won’t Work

Ex-Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye says the government's planned private health insurance product is like setting up a TPA and that it's naive for the government to compete with existing insurers. DRG also won't work without universal coverage.

24 February 2025

Letter

Cost Containment And Ethics: Reassessing Health Care Spending In Private Hospitals — Dr Erwin Khoo Jiayuan & Dr Khor Swee Kheng

Dr Erwin Khoo Jiayuan and Dr Khor Swee Kheng caution health insurers in Malaysia against imposing rigid cost-cutting measures on private hospitals, saying advanced diagnostics and branded drugs may be clinically necessary, depending on individual patients.

16 December 2024

Letter

Cash-Paying Patient Likely Got 70% Discount For Cataract Surgery — Malaysian Society Of Ophthalmology

The Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology says a cash-paying patient billed a "remarkably low" RM3,000 for cataract surgery likely received a 70% discount from his surgeon. "The fees charged to insurance reflect the true, regulated costs of such procedures."

30 August 2024

Malaysia

Market Forces Will Decide Whether To Phase Out Non-Copay Health Insurance: LIAM

Insurers say whether non-copay health insurance products are phased out depends on market forces. LIAM's Mark O’Dell says, “The 100% plans are still there. The market will dictate how long they stay around. If they’re still popular, they will be there.”

30 August 2024

Malaysia

APHM: Insurance Industry Makes ‘Big Profits’, But Private Hospitals’ Revenue ‘Carefully Controlled’

APHM says private hospitals bear many expenses beyond medical consumables, adding that hospital bills are lengthy for transparency and due to regulations. Focusing on specific items "may not provide a comprehensive understanding of the billing structure."

23 October 2023

Malaysia

MP Moots Gradual Health Insurance Rollout, Starting With GLC Employees

Dr Kelvin Yii (Bandar Kuching-PH) says a payroll-funded social health insurance scheme with 5% employee and 5% employer contributions can add RM15 billion to RM17 billion annually to health care spending.

3 October 2023

Malaysia

Nurul Izzah: Social Health Insurance Can Streamline Public, Private Care

Nurul Izzah Anwar says the working level for the Health White Paper included advocates for hybrid social health insurance to streamline public and private health care services, amid escalating health care costs. "How do you get the best of both worlds?"

Tag: insurance

Commercial Interests Cannot Override Ethics, Duty Of Care, Or Patient Safety — MMA

Doctors’ Day 2025: The Time For Polite Appeals Is Past — FPMPAM

insureKU Introduces First Native Aggregation Service For Consumers

Cash-Paying Patient Likely Got 70% Discount For Cataract Surgery — Malaysian Society Of Ophthalmology

Market Forces Will Decide Whether To Phase Out Non-Copay Health Insurance: LIAM

APHM: Insurance Industry Makes ‘Big Profits’, But Private Hospitals’ Revenue ‘Carefully Controlled’

Pork Importers Back Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Time To Phase Out Colonial-Era PTD Scheme From Malaysia’s Civil Service

Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer