PKR lawmakers call for joint task force to investigate rising medical insurance premiums

[@hookkimhin7097]

To all PKR lawmakers, thanks a lot for highlighting this critical issues in the country. The private hospitals are definitely required to look into the feasibility study to attain equitable fair costs to consumers as they largely impact the financial burden to the public. Hopefully a good follow up is pursued for this important national issue. Job well done YBs.

[@adrianchin2970]

Government should have done this years ago. Every years this medical insurances has risen due to private hospital charges to patients and if patients has medical insurance the charges will be much higher. Also when patients was in the hospitals there are so many sorts of charges thst not necessary need but included and so the cost sky rockets charges into medical insurance claims and at the end insurance companies which increase consumer insurance premiums.

[@mimikosai]

true.

[@BruceWayne-el6dx]

Can't expect much from the corrupted government then...

[@LiveYerLife83]

Agreed.

[@neku2741]

I've been to the same hospital asking for the same procedure, once with cash, the next time with insurance, I find that it is more expensive with insurance. Either the hospital pocket the money or they both working together.

[@nikhnikm4602]

please upgrade service level and availability of the government hospitals, build more hospitals. We are also fed up with the rising healthcare costs at these private hospitals

[@banana_in_bottle4764]

American have another solution. UnitedHealthcare CEO.

[@X100xd]

I see the news reach Malaysia too huh😏

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Bang! Bang!

[@Dharcness]

Delay, Deny, Depose

[@hungchoonghow5857]

I have witnessed a doctor at the A&E of a private hospital scolding the nurses there by saying "How could you call me without the medical insurance being processed through? This is unacceptable!" the doctor shouted. That was an eye opener. No wonder there's this old saying that only doctors and lawyers are found in Hell.

[@TheFaiz555]

private hospital should be abolish... saw super rich doctor park his Aston Martin on one of the private hospital here, these kind of doctors have no morals they only submit to money... meanwhile we poor people dont have any insurance and had to go to public hospital which already over crowded

[@PlanetXenornoph]

Siasatlah siapa Billionaire anak Mahasakau dalam KPJ Holdings

[@klsar1]

KPJ single biggest shareholder is Johor Corp. Owned by Johor Government, not by Tuanku. Everybody knows Tuanku is a billionaire. So what?

[@PlanetXenornoph]

@klsar1 the Mahasakau refer to Mamak Kutty not Tuanku Johor

[@leelaitiam19]

Need to Check every Hospital bill in detail - rate of item x how many times sold in normal pharmacy , whether suppled, Dr bill , amount, if Dato title,, unnecessary procedure advised by beloved drs.

[@jefferykhoo7376]

Yes. Please Check the private hospital. Earnings millions at the expense of the people. Please check the doctors colluding with the insurance companies. And also please check the insurance companies increasing their premiums.

[@demon2004]

Go check the inflated cost for insured person as compare to uninsured person. Go check the medicine cost of private hospital as compared to local pharmacy and see the vast difference.

[@leelaitiam19]

Always many times the item in pharmacy!!!. If Dr has a dato title rate also higher. Dr also has incentive to advise more unnecessary procedures to collect more fees.

[@leelaitiam19]

If you are insured, hospital and drs charge a much much higher rate than when you are not insured and pay from own pocket. If you get treatment from govt hospital also much more cheaper than private hospital. Govt need to upgrade hospital. Need to send duit Rakyat wisely, construction better hospital thru reliable contractors, suppliers,etc not crony crony being given contracts,ime what happened in previous govt. Need to change only the best and competent get contract and to provide supplies.

[@rambutans5857]

Should consider : 1. To open an option for people to buy insurance without agent to make sure all the premiums goes to our policy instead of the agents. 2. To motivate those unclaim customer or customer above 10 years instead of simply increase premiums outside the policy. 3. Private Hospital should follows the national procedure to avoid unnecessary surgery 4. To have a different charges between Malaysian and non-Malaysian(eg: Singapore)

[@wdp7128]

Ini cite tamak haloba.. For profits medical cover sokmo selalu always utamakan keuntungan mereka.

[@faisal_lhim]

Macam scammer pulak ya 😂

[@aufelixify]

High time. I was shocked by the amount it cost for a simple procedure in a private hospital when they knew we had medical insurance. I would be surprise if it was not a blatant abuse.

[@morbid747]

70 percent increase in insurance premium is price gouging. It's profit over everything else for those greedy insurance companies.

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

These insurance companies dun have ur interest at heart. If u go to these agents, all they preach are how much they made and all sorts brainwashing thing to justify their behavior. No different from sales

[@mcmltr]

Yes.. insurance business is same kind with doing sales.. sell insurance

[@Economicgrowth0]

Just go to any private hospital and ask the price of procedure/surgery with and without insurance. With insurance, the price could be more than double. Hospitals charge all they want and insurance companies don't care. Guess who foots the bill eventually?

[@nuex76]

the gov needs to keep the insurance companies in check... they'll continue to push for obscene profits... what happens to United healthcare CEO shd b a good reminder when ppl r fed ups with their antics

[@patloh6643]

Higher isurance premium will ultimately force the general public to flock to Gov't Hospital for treatment or procedures thus making it a bottle neck and pushing these hospitals to their limits.. MOF and Bank Negara MUST do something before its too late.

[@clulsl86]

Government should fight for peoples , NOT let private doctors & insurance claims as they like

[@kongming2005]

Our previous government and government servant (not politicians but kakitangan kerajaan) learnt well from USA to keep escalating medicare. Instead of having it as to serve the rakyat they turn it as profit organization. When a hospital confirmed that a patient have insurance they will admit the patient according to the insurance coverage level. By doing these why would insurance premium increased? Of course insurance companies also part of the problem as they get more and more greedy

[@azmiabdulljalil7031]

So easy to check.See what the private hospital charge if the patient is paying thgh insurance compared to paying privately.Also check if the private hospitals recommend unnecessary checking and procedures when the patient is paying through insurance because they know the insurance company can afford to pay.

[@JoyceOng-k5d]

Why population is dropping. Because of all these. How you expect people to afford. Not only insurance, look into the whole system.

[@klkl1279]

Biasanya kes2 mcm hospital ni tak ade satu harga yg sama, KPDN bleh semak? 😂 tak ade tunjuk harga

[@al-paciyes5722]

What task force? This is purely MoF matters.... check with your minister of finance la

[@PlanetXenornoph]

Your Tuhan Hadi Bawang can cure you with Mali Mali Hom , you are broke no money buy insurance😅😅😂😂 pigi rompak bank adalah 😂😂😅😅

[@zackkl46]

mark my word, one day in malaysia for b40/m40 to get the insurance a family of 2 kids will hit rm2k per month.. mark my words.. better government do something before all malaysian will drop their insurance and just go to government medical institution..

[@babylov3r]

Those people getting rich because of it

[@AVIATOR-by4kk]

They are praying to the same god----MONEY

[@alexloh6524]

Unnecessary surgeries as well

[@faisal_lhim]

Pabila kesihatan dijadikan perniagaan. Maka belambaklah kaum kapitalis ambik kesempatan.

[@limjan1667]

Kerajaan and private hospitals work together la, it’s called public private partnerships; since the GLICs took over the majority of the hospitals in Malaysia, the price keep on naik however the quality keep on turun; one of the GLICs being Khazanah; Anwar is the chairperson of all GLICs and GLCs; 😅😅.

[@Redcliff123]

Where's the ethics and morals from these greedy corporations involved in Hospital businesses?

[@bluemarlin2u]

No morals whatsoever. They are pirates and robbers blatantly ripping you off with impunity.

[@mrparam5384]

Bisnes Maha kaya 🫵‼️

[@muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846]

Brian Thompson effect.

[@orientalkat]

United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson …. May that be a lesson for all health insurers

[@syedizad]

Trusting Anwar ? 2026 find a person that honours his word .

[@primepatriotone2443]

Well said. I agree completely. Life is extremely difficult for most of us after this fellow became the PM.

[@user-bs4id9in7j]

They can get the informative data from the transfer cases from private healthcare to government hospital. According to my friend, government hospital ( Penang General Hospital) has told her that the private hospital which referred her case to GH had conducted a few of the unnecessary procedures for her. This is one of the main reasons for the private hospital to get back the profit from its expensive equipment investments 😂

[@havinfuntoday]

look at all the private hospitals🏥 today...all look like 5 star hotels

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

And the doc always encourage u to do all tests when they know u have insurance, no joke

[@X100xd]

​@@l_ifeefi_l1998well duh they get commission

[@IRene-xm6fo]

Doctors have personal sales target to achieve, the private hospital operates like a commercial entity, each clinic and specialist services centre is the profit centre, they have target and goals to achieve

[@primepatriotone2443]

Well, what can I say? From the latest comment from BNM, we are persimistic on the issue. I have a strong feeling the leeches will win eventually. Lets see. For now, postpone this.

[@IRene-xm6fo]

Capitalise ideas

[@nadesalingamthuraisingam710]

Pl also look into the raise of assessment in selangor whopping 25% until tday the pkr representative are keeping quiet is this why we voted for you all kindly look into this

[@ageeibc6029]

Kalau kerajaan naik gaji. Swasta jadi mangsa.

[@zubirali4876]

There's always a saying, Malaysia Bolehhhh, So that's what happening in our country today,😮😮.

[@llyna123]

Ya, tahu insuran ini penting untuk individu atau keluarga. Di negara Malaysia kebanyakannya miskin dan mata wang kecil. Soalan: Apakah daya orang yang berinsuran itu tidak mampu bayar nanti?

[@chowchong3593]

If hospital charges lower,insurance premium becomes lesser.

[@klsar1]

Why not investigate how government spend money in government hospitals? Private healthcare is a choice, you don’t like, you go to government hospitals. It is our job as taxpayers to find out why our tax money is not being used to provide good healthcare. Mangkuk punya politicians. You are now the government, provide better service to the rakyatlah. Why harp on private sector?

[@hasnanhashim4386]

Buat la National Health Insurance.... dulu bijak sangat

[@faisal_lhim]

MySalam masih diguna lagi ke? Saya pun tak tahu apa perkembangan terkininya.

[@pangkiatloh4555]

Jika PH perihatin, hentikan terus cadangan kenaikkan tu.

[@PlanetXenornoph]

Sekarang kerajaan Perpaduan bukan kerajaan PH , ada paham ke takdak paham

[@matahari8673]

Curi duit rakyat

[@ZainolCucin-ow4ue]

PKR law breakers..he..he..he..he..

[@lupa6466]

BERAS!!! BERAS!!!!