‘No timetable’ for high-risk pool under new insurance plan, Hong Kong health chief says
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan says government to focus on launch of voluntary health insurance scheme for now
An arrangement to cover high-risk individuals under Hong Kong’s new voluntary health insurance scheme is still on the table, but the city’s health chief is unable to promise it will be available within the current term of the government.
Secretary for Food and Health Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee said the government would first focus on the launch of the scheme, which is expected to be rolled out next year.
“In the first few years, we will focus our work on rolling out the voluntary health insurance scheme,” Sophia Chan said in an interview with the Post and other media late last month.
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The medical insurance scheme was first proposed by the government to relieve the burden on the public sector in the long run.