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Cuban government declared all Cuban and international tourists to buy mandatory health insurance to visit the island of Cuba.
Same rules apply to all Cubans living abroad and when returning back to Cuba for visits and for foreigners residing in Cuba.
They decided during a unique meeting of the powerful Cuban Council of Ministers that was published this month in the Cuban Newspapers and the Official Gazette.
According to the new rules the Cuban government says mandatory medical insurance policies purchased abroad must be with insurance companies officially recognized in Cuba.
Insurance can be purchased at every airport and entrance to Cuba from Cuban Insurance companies.
Diplomatic personnel and important representatives of foreign organizations are exempt from mandatory insurance.
The Cuban Ministry of Finance and Prices is in charge and empowered by the Executive Cuban Council of Ministers to set fair prices of the insurance polices to be sold by Cuban companies.
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FROM THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
CUBAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Information in this extraordinary
Official Gazette
CUBAN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
The Secretary of the Council of Ministers
CERTIFIES
Whereas the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, making use of the powers granted it by Article 97 of the Constitution of the Republic the following:
AGREEMENT
FIRST: For entry into the country, all travelers, foreigners and Cuban overseas residents are required to possess a travel insurance policy, covering medical expenses, issued by an insurance entity recognized in Cuba.
At points of entry into the country, the sale of these policies will be ensured by Cuban insurance entities.
SECOND: During their stay in the country, foreigners with temporary residence in Cuba are required to have a medical insurance policy issued by a Cuban or foreign insurance entity recognized in Cuba.
THIRD: Diplomatic personnel and representatives of international organizations accredited in Cuba shall be excluded from application of the previous regulation.
FOURTH: The Minister of Finances and Prices shall be made responsible for approving the forms of charging for medical services and evaluating insurance policies contracted through Cuban insurance entities, applicable to foreign as well as Cuban overseas residents and temporary foreign residents.
FIFTH: The ministers of Public Health and Tourism are authorized, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, to dictate the norms relative to the reorganization of medical care for travelers and foreigners, as well as for Cuban overseas residents and temporary foreign residents.
SIXTH: The present Agreement shall go into effect immediately.
In order to provide copies of this agreement to the members of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers and to all others for which it is pertinent, the present certification is being dispatched from the Palace of the Cuban Revolution.
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