Employers in Qatar will be required to provide health insurance coverage for expatriates and their families under a new law issued by the emir this week.
The huge number of foreign workers in the small but wealthy Gulf natural gas producer means Qatari nationals account for only 10% of the population.
Currently, foreign residents and visitors can access basic public health care for free by paying a nominal fee for a government health card and employers are not obliged to provide additional private health insurance. The new law will change this.
To know more, read the full news article originally published in Aljazeera.
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