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Govt sets up joint committee to tackle rising private healthcare costs

Finance, Health Ministries to lead reforms under the Reset framework aimed at curbing medical inflation and easing household burden

Rising medical costs, insurance premiums: PAC to continue proceedings from June 17-19

Witnesses include Bank Negara, Health Ministry, insurers and Medical Council 

Insurance, private hospital rate hike: PAC to call up BNM for second time, MMC

Sim Tze Tzin says five more closed proceedings will be held this month before presenting report in Parliament in June

Display of medicine costs meant to inform public, not control prices: minister

Rule starting May 1 applies to all private healthcare facilities and is mostly supported except for concerns by private general practitioners

Insurers must justify soaring premiums with full transparency: consumer expert

Former consumer law association president Datuk Sothi Rachagan urges public PAC hearing, regulators to publish key industry data amid 70% price hikes

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Petronas staff to be shown the door to make up losses from Petros deal?

Source claims national O&G firm is expected to see 30% revenue loss once agreed formula for natural gas distribution in Sarawak is implemented

Influencer who recited Quran at Batu Caves accused of sexual misconduct in Netherlands

Abdellatif Ouisa has targeted recently converted, underage Muslim women, alleges Dutch publication

Duck and cover? FashionValet bought Vivy’s 30 Maple for RM95 mil in 2018

Purchase of Duck's holding company which appears to be owned wholly by Datin Vivy Yusof and husband Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar was made same year GLICs invested RM47 mil