Government spokesman revealed that the prime minister asked for insurance companies. Accelerate the payment of insurance against COVID-19 for the insured to be covered according to their rights
Today (18 March) Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office revealed that Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Concerned about the people who complained in the case of some insurance companies delayed payment of insurance claims against COVID-19, prompting regulators to urgently follow up on the matter. for the insured people to be protected according to the benefits according to the conditions of the insurance policy In order not to aggravate the people affected by the current Covid-19 epidemic situation
The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) has informed the claimants HI – CI – Hotel Isolation to allow them to pay. “Medical Expenses – Daily Compensation / Income” to reduce disputes and alleviate the suffering of the insured who are sick from covid infection. Prepare to issue an order from the Registrar will continue to be effective by allowing the payment as follows:
1. Paying for medical expenses In the case of Home Isolation (HI), Community Isolation (CI), or Hotel Isolation, if the insurance policy covers outpatient only. Grant permission to pay the actual expenses that do not exceed the limit of outpatient coverage. or in the case that the insurance policy has and does not exceed 12,000 baht
2. Daily compensation or income compensation In the case of Home Isolation (HI) treatment, only if the insured is infected with Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) who has a test result by RT-PCR and has one of the risk factors that must be treated as a sick in hospital However, there are no hospitals to support the following: Age over 60 years Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic lung disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD) Cardiovascular disease and congenital heart disease cerebrovascular disease Uncontrolled diabetes, obesity (weight greater than 90 kg or BMI of 30 kg/m3 or more), cirrhosis, immunosuppression, and lymphocyte less than 1,000 cells/m3. bring such rules to be issued as an order of the Registrar for further enforcement
As for the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, today, there are 27,071 new cases of COVID-19, categorized as 27,022 domestic cases, 49 foreign cases, 1,079,734 cumulative cases (from 1 January 2022) 21,522 recoveries, 879,997 cumulative recoveries (since January 1, 2022), 230,603 patients undergoing treatment, 80 deaths. 1,391 are hospitalized, an average of 18 per province, bed occupancy rate 27.1%, while the total number of vaccinations for COVID-19 today, including cumulative injections, is at 126,937,886 doses, the first dose, the cumulative injection of 54,725,564 doses, the second dose. Accumulative injection 50,055,180 doses, the 3rd dose, 20,232,148 cumulative dose, and the 4th injection, cumulative injection 1,924,994 doses.