AMMAN — The proposed social security health insurance draft
stipulates full coverage for all private-sector employees treated in private hospitals,
according to
Social Security Cooperation (SSC) spokesman Shaman Al-Majali.
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According to Majali, those who work in the private
sector and retirees will benefit from health insurance at private hospitals but
only if they are registered in no other health insurance scheme, be it “public
or military, or any other insurance that may be provided by the institutions
they work for.”
“Jordanian workers will assume the monthly
contributions; 3 percent of the wages registered with the social security will
be deducted from their salaries,” he told
Jordan
News, a percentage that applies to retirees as well.
“The deduction ratio is the same for all subscribers,
regardless of their social status and the number of family members registered for
insurance,” he said.
Majali added that the insurance will cover in-hospital
treatment but that primary care will not be covered.
“Based on several discussions and arrangements,
primary care will be covered by the Ministry of Health,” he said.
Cancer treatment will also be covered by this insurance,
which will be a protective umbrella for those who did not get the chance to get
insurance before, and which will also ease the burden on public hospitals,
“especially in view of the tremendous pressure on the public health sector that
health centers and hospitals can no longer bear,” he said.
Majali added that the SSC Law does not distinguish
between Jordanians and foreigners, “and therefore, the insurance will cover
Jordanians and non-Jordanians. However, the deduction ratio will differ.”
The new amendments to the Social Security Law will be
submitted to the
Council of Ministers in January 2022, he said, adding that the
amended draft law was presented recently to the board of directors of the
Social Security Cooperation for approval. Once the Board of Directors approves
the amendments, they will be submitted to the Cabinet, said Majali.
SSC had previously announced that it had finalized the
first draft of the health insurance law, which would offer health coverage to
those insured with private-sector facilities and retirees who do not have
public or military health insurance. The bill covers their families as well.
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