COMMENT | Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) announcement of interim measures for insurers and takaful operators (ITOs) to assist policyholders who experienced premium revisions of their medical and health insurance/takaful (MHIT) products as well as calling for urgent reforms in the health sector is welcomed.

The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy supports the measures proposed and recommended, particularly those for the protection of policyholders aged 60 years old and above and for developing sustainable health financing solutions intended to strengthen and support the provision of quality healthcare to those who need it.

Galen Centre chief executive Azrul Mohd Khalib said this is a...