Foreigners would have to pay higher rates at government clinics and hospitals beginning January.
Prices, said Health Minister Dr. S. Subramaniam, would go up in phases – 30 per cent next year, and another 30 per cent in 2016 – until it reaches the full amount in 2017, the New Straits Times reports.
“That means by end of 2017, they will pay 100 per cent and this is double from the rate now,” Subramaniam was quoted as saying.
Now, foreigners who go to government medical facilities enjoy a subsidy of between 30 and 40 percent.
With this step, the NST reports, the government is expected to save RM100 million which would be used to improve the existing health and medical services in the country.
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