MP to push for open hearing on private hospital charges

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Sim Tze Tzin calls for a parliamentary investigation into rising medical costs and insurance premiums, with a town hall session for the public.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/03/mp-to-push-for-open-hearing-on-private-hospital-charges/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SimTzeTzin #MasErmieyatiSamsudin #MedicalInsurance

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00:00Bayan Baru MP, Sim Zeh Zin, has pledged to call for an open hearing on rising medical

00:07costs and medical insurance.

00:10Sim said the public hearing would involve a town hall session open to the public to

00:15express their opinions.

00:17He said he would discuss subpoenaing stakeholders such as private hospitals and private insurance

00:23companies when committee chairman, Mas Ermieri, summed it up.

00:28The PAC, Public Accounts Committee, which I'm in, we are now pushing for a comprehensive

00:33study on private hospital and private and also insurance.

00:38We want to look at the whole ecosystem and we will do recommendations to the government.

00:44We will do a public hearing, okay?

00:47I will push for a public hearing, alright, so for you guys to come up with good ideas

00:53and whatever you want to say.

00:55Meanwhile, Azrul Khalid of the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy said a regulatory

01:01body is needed to look into the prices of items listed on private hospital bills.

01:08Private health insurance and takaful operators have been ordered by Bank Negara Malaysia

01:14to spread out an expected increase in premiums over a minimum of three years.

01:19Health insurance premiums are expected to increase by 40% to 70%.

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