National Health Insurance Law (Amendment No. 67) Bill

What does the bill do?

This law expands eligibility under the National Health Insurance Law, 1994, for reimbursement of travel costs in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance, so that full reimbursement is given for the costs of transport to a hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance when the insured person who was transported died before being admitted – but not more than the fee set for travel in a Magen David Adom ambulance or mobile intensive care unit. It is also set that an insured person aged 80 or older who is eligible for a long-term care benefit at level 5 or level 6 under the National Insurance Law and is also eligible for an income support benefit will be entitled to reimbursement of 50% of the amount they paid for the costs of travel to the hospital in a mobile intensive care unit or an ambulance.