AMMAN — A source has confirmed that
medical exemptions granted to Jordanian citizens who are not covered by health
insurance and the Royal Medical Services will not be cancelled, according to
the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
The source revealed that the
Hashemite Royal Court will continue to provide these exemptions to citizens who
meet the criteria.
Conditions for
medical exemptions remain the sameAccording to the source, the
mechanism for medical exemptions will remain unchanged in terms of conditions.
The Hashemite Royal Court will be
responsible for issuing these exemptions, as they have done in the past, and
not through the government. The continuity of granting exemptions was agreed
upon by deputies, and through the Ministry of Political Affairs and Parliament,
they will be submitted to the Hashemite Royal Court and returned to the
deputies.
The source indicated that medical
exemptions will be granted to citizens between the ages of six and 60 who are
not covered by insurance and the Royal Medical Services.
Those under six years of age and
over 60 are automatically covered by health insurance.
The source also confirmed that
cancer patients will continue to receive medical exemptions without any changes
to the current mechanism.
Blocs criticize
gov’t decision earlierMeanwhile, on Monday, several
parliamentary blocs, including the Democratic Current, National Coalition,
Future, and Justice, issued a statement in response to the government's
decision to suspend granting medical exemptions to citizens from the Prime
Minister's office.
This suspension comes despite the
necessary financial allocations being included in this year's general budget
said the bloc, Khaberni reported.
Shortage of
servicesThe parliamentary blocs' statement
expresses concern that the government's decision will increase the burden on
citizens, particularly in light of the lack and shortage of appropriate health
and medical services in all governorates, especially in the outskirts.
The statement highlights the
shortage of main and sub-specialties in hospitals in these governorates.
According to the statement, the
decision to not grant medical exemptions will cause psychological, material,
and health damage to patients, particularly in light of the difficult living
conditions in Jordan.
The statement also notes that the
government is tightening its conditions by not granting the insured and
uninsured any exemptions.
Additional
burden on the Royal CourtThe statement clarifies that tying
medical exemptions to the public service unit affiliated with the Royal Court
will constitute an additional burden on the roles and tasks that the court is
doing in serving all Jordanians, adding that “we respect and appreciate this
great role that it is playing”.
The parliamentary blocs' statement
emphasizes that medical exemptions through the prime minister's office are not
given as a luxury. Instead, they are due to “the government's failure to deal
with the medical and health file in the Kingdom and its inability to provide
comprehensive health insurance for all citizens”.
Violations to
be ‘government’s responsibility’These medical exemptions fall under
the category of participation between the legislative and executive branches,
which King Abdullah always emphasizes in all his meetings with representatives
from both branches, it added.
The statement said it will hold the
government responsible for any violations in granting medical exemptions to
citizens, as it is the authority responsible for granting them.
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