Government to formalise use of health insurance cards at public facilities

HEALTH Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says Government plans to formalise a system which would require private health insurance holders to utilise their coverage when they access the public health care system.

Tufton told Parliament last week that when user fees were abolished in 2008 the Government retained the requirement to collect private health insurance at facilities, but some hospitals discontinued doing so, which resulted in a greater loss of income.

However, he said that he has already signed the approval for the gazetting of revised fees to be collected from private insurers who interface with the public health system.

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