Could Hong Kong add preventive checks to its voluntary health insurance system?

By Fiona Sun

Could Hong Kong add preventive checks to its voluntary health insurance system?

Hong Kong authorities will review the city鈥檚 Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme this year and study expanding it to cover some preventive screenings, the acting health minister has said.
Acting Secretary for Health Libby Lee Ha-yun鈥檚 remarks on Friday referred to a policy that was introduced by authorities in 2019 to establish standards and improve market transparency for individual indemnity hospital insurance products.
Through the scheme, authorities hoped to enhance the protection level of…

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