News Forum - Hospitals warned against rejecting patients before changes to UCEP scheme take effect

[Thaiger]

The government has warned private hospitals not to reject Covid-19 patients before planned changes to the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients scheme come into effect. Under the UCEP scheme, patients can be treated at any hospital for the first 3 days, after which they are transferred to the hospital where their state welfare or insurance scheme is registered. However, from March 1, Covid-19 treatment for patients who are not seriously ill will not be covered. If they wish to be treated at private hospitals, these patients will be required to pay for it. Until the policy takes effect on March […]

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[JED1]

Maybe it would have been a good idea to put the new scheme in place before cancelling the old one.