The UN pays for the insurance premiums of vulnerable nationals
| The Director General of Health Insurance Organization announced that the cost of insurance premiums for vulnerable foreign nationals will be provided and paid by the United Nations. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, “Jamshid Shayanfar, Director General of Insurance and Resource Acquisition of the Health Insurance Organization of Iran, announced: 95,000 vulnerable foreigners are covered by basic health insurance, whose insurance premiums are provided and paid by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
By announcing this, he emphasized that the government has no obligation to pay the insurance premiums of these nationals.
Shayanfar added: 12 thousand Non-vulnerable foreign nationals are covered by basic health insurance, whose insurance premium is paid by the insured foreign national himself. signed with the National Migration Organization, he continued: According to this memorandum, the extension of the residence permit of authorized nationals depends on the direct payment of the insurance premium by the foreign national and the establishment of health insurance coverage.
In response to the question of which fund Afghans are covered by, the Director General of the Iran Health Insurance Organization said: Foreign nationals are covered by the fund of other sections of the Health Insurance Organization and the right According to the approval of the Supreme Council of Insurance, the insurance of foreign nationals is almost 90% higher than that of Iranians.
| © | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |
