Everything you need to know about Medical Evacuation & Repatriation Insurance
As a citizen or an expat, focusing on your safety and security should be one of your primary goals. However, medical emergencies and requirements can happen at any time.
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Why Health Insurance Matters in Lebanon
No one plans to get sick or hurt, but most people need medical care at some point. However, with the correct medical treatment and care, the person can recover in no time. But things are never always so simple for many people.
Health Insurance: Premiums on the Rise
Medical care costs are experiencing significant inflation. Major private insurers in the Lebanese market, contacted by This is Beirut, have indicated that their health insurance premiums will increase by about 10% starting July 1st.
What is Travel Health Insurance?
Falling sick while traveling can be a spoiler, and nobody wants to fall ill while traveling. Nonetheless, medical emergencies are unforeseen; therefore, travel medical insurance is designed to cover an unexpected illness, injury, or medical condition while traveling
Gross Premiums Down 4.5% in 2022 in a Year
According to figures from the Insurance Control Commission under the Ministry of Economy, gross insurance premiums from the 46 insurance companies operating in Lebanon totaled LBP 2,456.4 billion in 2022
The Lebanese healthcare system : Progress, Challenges and reforms
Lebanon’s health sector has shown remarkable progress over the past twenty years. Many economic, social, and cultural factors have contributed to this progress; in addition, the ingenuity of the Lebanese society
Healthcare insurance chaos: Patients still paying out-of-pocket despite full coverage
Even if you pay a health insurance company and receive a card that covers you 100% in and out of the hospital in US dollars, you may not be able to undergo a simple medical test without paying for it yourself due to the rampant chaos in this sector.
Lebanon’s inflation hits 124% as energy, healthcare costs soar
Lebanon’s inflation more than doubled in January, as rising living costs continued to impact consumers and businesses.
Why Employee Wellbeing is Essential for Productivity?
Holistic health has transcended mere buzzwords and feel-good messages; it has become essential for maintaining an inspired and engaged workforce. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employee wellbeing has emerged as a top priority for organizations.
Paying a lot more for much less: The woes of an insurance industry and its clients in a crisis-ridden land
“More and more cancer patients tell me that specific medications are not being covered by insurance … while it was previously covered,” said Cherine Bazzane, a family medicine specialist who practices in Clemenceau Medical Center.
Lebanon: Healthcare as luxury
Between shortages and skyrocketing prices, a trip to the pharmacy in Lebanon exposes huge inequalities, while a trip to a charity clinic for treatment has become the norm for hundreds of thousands of people.
How to get the CORONA VIRUS insurance in Lebanon?
As per Lebanese General Security circular regarding entry of Arab and Foreign visitors or residents required to have negative PCR with basic healthcare insurance cover at least coronavirus treatment expenses
Liberalization of dollar exchange rate at hospitals leaves people dying in their homes in Lebanon
The American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) has adopted the banks’ approved dollar exchange rate, which is 3,900 Lebanese pounds, in a number of its departments instead of the official exchange rate
Lebanon’s Health Minister Hasan says hospitals can’t hike exchange rate
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hasan tried to reassure anxious Lebanese Thursday that the price of hospital fees and medicines would not increase, as the head of the Private Hospitals Syndicate warned that hospitals would soon adjust their pricing of the dollar.
Q&A with Nadine Habbal, acting head of the Insurance Control Commission
Lebanon’s insurance sector is highly fragmented, featuring extreme competition between small local players, bank-affiliate insurers, providers that are parts of multinational insurance giants, and—outside of the regulated sphere of commercial insurance companies
All insurance firms will cover coronavirus patients
All the insurance companies in the country will fully cover policyholders that are being treated for coronavirus infection, said Elie Torbey Chairman of the Association of Insurance Companies (ACAL).