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Higher bills for patients with guarantee letters: detailed study needed to understand why

Deputy finance minister Lim Hui Ying confirms what private hospital group previously denied, says treatment charges not transparent and requires further study for solutions

Public urges govt to regulate private healthcare costs, insurance hikes

Calls for stricter oversight as patients recount overcharging, unnecessary procedures, and medical negligence in private hospitals

PAC needs public testimonies on high insurance premiums, private hospital charges for ‘indisputable’ report

Committee urges support for moves to reform the healthcare and insurance sectors

PAC urges high turnout for public hearing on rising insurance premiums, private hospital costs

Bipartisan committee will include public views in its report to Parliament, concerned that sign-ups for session in Penang this Friday still low

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Cleared for layoffs? AirAsia to retrench 20% of workforce in major cost-cutting move

This allegedly involves cabin services, cargo and logistics, engineering and maintenance, as well as the commercial division, according to Scoop’s source

Schools may close if air quality worsens, five areas hit unhealthy levels: DOE

The department said the areas recorded unhealthy API readings, warns of RM1mil fine for open burning offenders

No, Malays could not fly: Scholars call out pseudohistory

UPSI and DBP academics urge discipline in handling history after Prof Solehah’s claims of Malays teaching China ‘flying kung fu’

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