How to check your medical insurance status through your Emirates ID

How to check your medical insurance status through your Emirates ID

Dubai: Need to visit a hospital urgently but can't find your health insurance card? Well, you can also present your Emirates ID at a clinic or hospital in the UAE instead as the Emirates ID and health insurance policies are linked. Your Emirates ID also provides the option to check your health insurance status, which means that you can find out the network of coverage of your health insurance as well as the benefits you are entitled to by simply using your Emirates ID number. Here is how you can use your Emirates ID to check your health insurance status. Since , health insurance providers in the UAE had begun linking their policy to the Emirates ID of the customer, with Emirates ID card readers also made available to clinics and hospitals, which allow the facility to check a patient's health insurance status to provide the necessary coverage benefits. The move was part of the UAE government's efforts of digitising services. The Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have made health insurance mandatory for all citizens and residents holding a visa issued by these Emirates, so now the Emirates ID application process includes the need for having a valid health