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Saudi Arabia: Regulator introduces medical insurance policy for tourists

Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Nov 2019

The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) has revealed details of a compulsory health insurance for tourists to the kingdom. The maximum cover under the plan is SAR100,000 ($26,667) for a tourist.
 
Mr Yasser Al-Maarek, CCHI spokesman, said the insurance covers expenses involved in medical tests, treatment in emergency cases, hospitalisation, childbirth, treatment for premature babies, traffic accident injury, dialysis in emergency cases, medical evacuation within and outside the kingdom, and daily costs for accommodation and food of patients, as well as for nursing services, doctor’s visits and medical supervision.
 
The health insurance also covers the cost of emergency dental treatment, including filling, nerve treatment and removing abscesses; antibiotics and painkillers up to a maximum of SAR500; expenses of pregnancy and emergency delivery up to SAR5,000; repatriation of dead bodies to the home country with a maximum coverage of SAR10,000 and the cost of travel for a relative accompanying the deceased with a maximum of SAR5,000, reported Saudi Gazette.
 
The insurance provides for healthcare received within the network of service providers specified by insurers.
 
The insurance is to be purchased in conjunction with the application of tourist visas to Saudi Arabia that can be obtained online or on arrival. In the first phase, citizens of 49 countries will benefit from the service.
 
Under the Saudi national tourism strategy, the kingdom aims to attract more than 100m visitors in 2030, up from 41m at present. M 
 
SAR1 = $0.27 
 
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