Arab News, 12 August 2023: Saudi Arabia’s Council of Health Insurance has announced orphans whose parents are not known or whose mothers are not known will qualify for compulsory health insurance now. They will qualify through their foster families.

Their coverage is effective from the issued date of their ID certificate. The certificate will be issued by the Human Resources and Social Development Ministry and will be delivered to the foster parent who is the beneficiary of the coverage.

The coverage will end when male dependents reach 25, female dependents marry or custody ends. It will also end if the Ministry cancels the foster family’s custody of the orphan, the orphan dies or the foster parent’s coverage expires.

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