Rakan KKM Archives

13 August 2025

Malaysia

Treat GPs As ‘Rakan KKM’, Kapar MP Tells Health Ministry

Kapar MP Dr Halimah Ali tells MOH to treat private GPs as the real "Rakan KKM" aiding with patient loads in primary care. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii wants BNM and MOH to form a committee to regulate TPAs by setting a GP fee floor, starting with GLCs.

4 August 2025

Malaysia

PSM To Launch Campaign To Cancel Rakan KKM

PSM will launch a campaign on Aug 13 to cancel Rakan KKM that creates a "privileged" category of patients who get shorter wait times and easier specialist access by paying for it. The campaign also seeks raising MOH's allocation to 5% of GDP over 5 years.

1 August 2025

Malaysia

Rakan KKM’s Success Means Privatisation Of Health Care System: Expert

Researcher Mark Cheong says if Rakan KKM is small, it can't make the amount of money needed for public health care. But if Rakan KKM scales up massively, "our worst nightmare will come true – we will truly have privatisation of our health care system."

31 July 2025

Malaysia

RMK-13: RM40 Billion Allocation For Health, Taxes To Curb NCDs, Local Pharma

RMK-13 allocates RM40 billion to health over five years, with plans to expand domestic pharmaceutical production, increase the use of generics, and digitise the health care system. PM Anwar says taxes on sugar, tobacco, vape, alcohol aim to curb NCDs.

31 July 2025

Malaysia

Rakan KKM May Drive Up Household Costs While Generating Limited Revenue: Economist

Economist Amjad Rabi says Rakan KKM may burden ordinary Malaysians, including the "very poor" who will desperately pay for faster care for their aged parents, amid weak social safety nets and high old-age poverty. Rakan KKM may increase household costs.

30 July 2025

Malaysia

MOH Mulls Amending Act 586 To Impose DRG

Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim says MOH is considering amending the Private Healthcare Facilities & Services Act to mandate the DRG payment mechanism, part of the Reset strategy that includes Rakan KKM as a cost-effective option to curb medical inflation.

28 July 2025

Malaysia

Can’t Get RM36 Billion Extra For Health Budget, Government Debt Too High, Says Dzulkefly

Health Minister Dr Dzul justifies the “gamechanger” Rakan KKM by saying he can’t ask MOF for an extra RM36 billion for the public health care budget (another 2% of GDP), saying that government debt is nearing the statutory limit of 65% of GDP.

23 July 2025

Letter

Don’t Privatise Public Health Care — Barathi Selvam

PSM slams Bukit Gasing rep R. Rajiv for backing Rakan KKM, saying its market-driven approach flirts with privatisation. PSM urges funding public health care via GDP and taxing the rich, not co-pays, EPF, or “premium” models.

22 July 2025

Letter

Rakan KKM May Burden Medical Staff — Dr Nagarajan T. Vellasamy

A retired surgeon says Rakan KKM incentivises medical staff to prioritise paying patients. But without hiring more staff, the existing workforce may not be able to cope with additional work and cramped wards for paying patients who expect better service.

22 July 2025

Malaysia

FPP Audit Shows How Rakan KKM Can Make Money: Get More Customers

A 2017 audit on the FPP scheme shows how Rakan KKM can make money. AG's report found FPP patient numbers rose 287% after expansion to 10 hospitals, saying FPP can increase revenue by getting more patients, which requires adding facilities and specialists.

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Treat GPs As ‘Rakan KKM’, Kapar MP Tells Health Ministry

PSM To Launch Campaign To Cancel Rakan KKM

Rakan KKM’s Success Means Privatisation Of Health Care System: Expert

RMK-13: RM40 Billion Allocation For Health, Taxes To Curb NCDs, Local Pharma

Rakan KKM May Drive Up Household Costs While Generating Limited Revenue: Economist

Can’t Get RM36 Billion Extra For Health Budget, Government Debt Too High, Says Dzulkefly

Don’t Privatise Public Health Care — Barathi Selvam

Rakan KKM May Burden Medical Staff — Dr Nagarajan T. Vellasamy

FPP Audit Shows How Rakan KKM Can Make Money: Get More Customers

Hospital Director Transferred To JKN Sabah After Sexual Harassment Cases

Cardiac Hospital HOD Faces Two Sexual Harassment Allegations

Hospital Director Accused Of Sexually Harassing Second Victim

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Is Insurance Clawback Legal In Malaysia? — Specialist