The government is set to roll out a fresh 50% co-payment subsidy for the monthly salary of employees of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), its latest move to deter mass layoffs in the country.
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Most of us buy a health insurance policy to avoid shelling out money to settle unaffordable hospital bills during a medical emergency, such as a Covid-19 hospitalisation. But while we may assume that we’re fully covered by our health policy, there are situations when we may have to bear part of the bill. One such situation is when your health policy has a co-pay clause. This clause, which is often buried in the fine print, must be evaluated at the time of purchase to avoid burning a hole in your pocket.
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Govt cracks down on Covid scammers
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published : 10 Apr 2021 at 04:00
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The Finance Ministry is seeking to prosecute 1,000 shops and individuals it claims defrauded the Kon La Krueng (Half-Half) co-payment scheme designed to help alleviate financial hardship during the Covid-19 crisis.
One grocery shop owner in Bangkok and six accomplices have already been prosecuted for the offence, according to a ministry spokeswoman.
Kulaya Tantitemit said the ministry has submitted a list of shops and individuals involved in the co-payment scheme fraud to police and the Technology Crime Suppression Division for investigation and prosecution.
A total of 1,024 shops and individuals are in the ministry s cross hairs. Of them 85 have been formally charged with fraud.
Drug co-payment to end for certain groups
Select groups will enjoy an exemption from surcharges at the cost of €37.5 million a year.
Pharmacy, illustrative stock photo (Source: Sme)
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People falling into certain categories will be eligible for exemptions for drug co-payments.
These people will include those with severe disabilities, children up to six years of age, and pensioners. Income will be taken into account with a co-payment for the cheapest available and interchangeable medical product.
The new law was supported by 118 MPs on February 5. The zero co-payment will apply for children as of April 2021 and for the pensioners and people with disabilities as of January 2022.
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BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Thai Hotels Association (THA) will ask for more government measures to soften the impact of Covid-19 on the sector, THA chairperson Marisa Sukusol told the Thansettakij newspaper.
Among them is a measure allowing hotels to suspend their outstanding debt.
Hotels want to halt their principal and interest payments for two years. The THA also wants annual interest on hotel debt to be cut to 2 per cent.
The THA will also ask the government to allocate budget for soft loans of up to Bt60 million per hotel at 2 per cent interest, with principal and interest repayment suspended for two years.