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caliph · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 218 Location: Iceland

I just heard that the HCT has downgraded the Daman health insurance plan from "International" to "Regional", which is less comprehensive.

Comments?

gstieglit · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 25 Location: Mexico

Who is your source of information?

caliph · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 218 Location: Iceland

HR at Al Ain Women's, had a meeting last week to announce this

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

So, previously they had offered an International plan? If so, they must have been the only one. (and it wasn't such when I was there... purely local health care). In all my years in the Gulf, I always had to purchase an international plan whenever I left the country - in particular when traveling to the US where you do NOT want to be without coverage.

Does anyone else reading here have an employer paid international health plan? PI? AUS? ZU?

VS

Manny2 · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 143

The PI only ever offered a local plan as in it only covers local gov't hospitals/clinics and no private coverage and also if you are female and hired with a family it only covers you and NOT your kids or husband. However, as a male faculty your whole family is covered. Remember the PI is run by ADNOC.

Yes the HCT had an international SOS component to it's heath plan which covered staff while on hols .

colt · Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 86 Location: Milky Way

Daman has 5 levels of plans: Abu Dhabi, UAE, Regional, Intn't, Global.
HCT originally told emplyees they were getting the Int'l plan. After this they realized this was more than they wanted to spend on their employees health care and downgraded it to the Regional plan. Whereas some people knew about the change a month ago, there are many out there on trips abroad for the 2 week semester break that are unaware of the change.

You would think the HCT would have had the figures before them before making such a decision, only to rescind it later. How lame is that?

http://www.damanhealth.ae/home.aspx

Bindair Dundat · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1123

Afra · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 389

Only colleges in Abu Dhabi emirate are with Daman. The other colleges are with the previous provider.

Iamherebecause · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:30 am Post subject:

UAEU plan was sort of international but there were so many exclusions (both for international care and the care you could claim for in the UAE) it was a bit ridiculous. Also making claims for treatment one had had in another country was not exactly straightforward. But people did manage it.

At present UAEU is in a weird postion - everyone was given a Daman card for a new scheme and told to destroy the old card, then OOPS! they were told don't use the Daman health card, please carry on with the old one... which luckily many people had held on to as we have been in the ME for a while.