National ID to be a must for medical insurance in Abu Dhabi

Persons seeking to have a new medical insurance card or have their existing insurance renewed are being asked to produce a national identity card on a voluntary basis under new rules enforced by the National Health Insurance Company (Daman).

The company said it had just started enforcing the new rule on a trial basis but the National ID requirement would become permanent at a later stage.

Daman’s CEO Michael Peters said the new regulation is in line with a decision by the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (Haad).

“Daman is currently planning to implement Haad and the Abu Dhabi Government mandates of requiring the Emirates ID for health insurance plans. Daman welcomes these mandates as it provides the public with a unified form of ID for services across the emirate. We are working on a process for implementation and currently accept the Emirates ID card on voluntary basis. Once the process is in place we will notify the public of the implementation date in advance.”

He said the new regulation followed an agreement between Haad and Daman to ensure that all applicants in the emirate must have ID cards before they are provided with medical insurance.