ministry of finance Archives

22 January 2026

Malaysia

Government’s Voluntary Health Insurance Plan Touts Minimum RM100,000 Annual Cover, Higher Premiums For Elderly And Sick

The govt's base MHIT plan touts minimum RM100,000 annual cover (RM150,000 for age >60), with higher risk-rated premiums for elderly and sick. Deductible is RM500 per disability (RM1,000 at age 61). Dengue and pneumonia proposed for outpatient treatment.

28 October 2024

Malaysia

IJN Ordered To Switch Government Patients To Generic Drugs

Putrajaya’s decision to retain pensioners at IJN comes at a price. MOH and MOF have directed IJN to replace originator drugs with generics for government patients to reduce MOH’s cost burden. Government patients include civil servants, besides pensioners.

17 October 2024

Malaysia

IJN: Fee Hike For MOH Patients ‘Critical’ To Maintain Affordable, Quality Care

IJN defends its proposal to raise fees for MOH-referred patients by up to 40%, saying this is "critical" to maintain delivery of high quality and affordable cardiac care, and provide advanced medical services. IJN's fee structure hasn't changed since 2003.

16 October 2024

Malaysia

This Year, IJN Discharged 4,000 Government Patients From Outpatient Services

IJN has discharged about 4,000 public patients under MOH so far this year from outpatient services. IJN CEO Prof Ezani says MOH officers based in IJN decide the criteria for discharge – i.e. free from heart disease – but admits heart disease can return.

11 October 2024

Malaysia

IJN Seeks Up To 40% Fee Hike For Government Patients, Plans Diversification Beyond Cardiovascular

IJN pushes for a 10% to 40% fee hike for public patients covered by the government, as the fees have stagnated since 2003. IJN also plans facility expansion and diversification beyond cardiovascular, like a stroke centre, to compete with private hospitals.

12 September 2024

Letter

Budget 2025: Allocate Special RM20 Million Programme For Autoimmune Treatment — Arthritis Foundation Malaysia & Psoriasis Association Of Malaysia

For Budget 2025, Arthritis Foundation Malaysia & Psoriasis Association of Malaysia want a special RM20 million programme for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, biosimilars included in the national formulary, and a government-industry-patient mechanism.

24 July 2024

Opinion

The Ironic ‘Status Quo’ In The Medical Amendment Bill 2024

The parallel pathway conflict has turned into a Shakespearean tragicomedy, dramatically ending in a radical piece of legislation with consequences, it seems, that no one understood or was prepared for. Ironically, we're now back to square one.

10 July 2024

Malaysia

Bank Negara Won’t Mandate No-Claim Bonus For Health Insurance: MOF

Bank Negara doesn't plan to mandate no-claim bonus for health insurance, says MOF, to avoid inadvertently encouraging policyholders to delay treatment. Yet, Bank Negara also says co-payments are intended to control "over-consumption" of health services.

22 December 2023

Malaysia

MOF Rejected ‘Expensive’ Diabetes Drug Despite Cost Effectiveness

An endocrinologist says MOF rejected MOH's proposal to procure more SGLT2 inhibitors, which lower blood sugar, because it costs RM800 million to treat 500,000 people in five years, despite RM100 million in savings by cutting hospitalisations and dialysis.

7 July 2023

Malaysia

Zaliha: No Action Over Defective Ventilators From Pharmaniaga, Emergency Procurement Followed Protocol

MOH isn't currently taking action over the supply of defective ventilators from Pharmaniaga during Covid because the emergency procurement followed procedure, says Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, adding that MOH is awaiting PAC's report on the matter.

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Government’s Voluntary Health Insurance Plan Touts Minimum RM100,000 Annual Cover, Higher Premiums For Elderly And Sick

IJN Ordered To Switch Government Patients To Generic Drugs

IJN: Fee Hike For MOH Patients ‘Critical’ To Maintain Affordable, Quality Care

This Year, IJN Discharged 4,000 Government Patients From Outpatient Services

IJN Seeks Up To 40% Fee Hike For Government Patients, Plans Diversification Beyond Cardiovascular

Budget 2025: Allocate Special RM20 Million Programme For Autoimmune Treatment — Arthritis Foundation Malaysia & Psoriasis Association Of Malaysia

The Ironic ‘Status Quo’ In The Medical Amendment Bill 2024

Bank Negara Won’t Mandate No-Claim Bonus For Health Insurance: MOF

MOF Rejected ‘Expensive’ Diabetes Drug Despite Cost Effectiveness

Zaliha: No Action Over Defective Ventilators From Pharmaniaga, Emergency Procurement Followed Protocol

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