The Ministry of Public Health recently announced the categories exempted from mandatory health insurance. Additionally, they also listed the categories entitled to free-of-charge healthcare services at government facilities.

The categories entitled to free-of-charge healthcare services at government health facilities pic.twitter.com/vAv8QyZaRU

— وزارة الصحة العامة (@MOPHQatar) August 10, 2023

The categories exempted from mandatory health insurance pic.twitter.com/iuVPuG2Grm

— وزارة الصحة العامة (@MOPHQatar) August 10, 2023

The Cabinet Decision No 9 of 2023 exempted the following categories from mandatory health insurance:

• Non-Qatari women married to Qatari nationals
• Four domestic workers per Qatari citizen household
  
• Diplomats and their spouses and children under the age of sixteen
• Children of Qatari women married to non-Qatari nationals
  
• Detainees and prisoners
• All transit passengers
  
• Non-Qatari widows or divorced women of Qatari nationals, unless married to a non-Qatari national
• Holders of temporary residence permits
• Orphans in care homes
• Children with unknown fathers
• Diplomats and their spouses and children under the age of sixteen
• All transit passengers
• Temporary entry travelers
• Visitors with on-arrival visas for a period of (30) days of their entry into the country
  

The Cabinet Decision no (10) of 2023 determined the categories entitled to free-of-charge healthcare services at the government health facilities within the limits of the health services provided to Qatari nationals at the government health facilities. The categories are as follows:

• Non-Qatari women married to Qatari nationals
• Holders of temporary residence permits
  
• Children of Qatari women married to non-Qatari nationals
• Orphans in care homes
• Non-Qatari widows or divorced women of Qatari nationals, unless married to a non-Qatari national
• Children with unknown fathers

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Source: Ministry of Public Health

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