KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 -- The government's new base medical and health insurance/takaful (MHIT) plan will enter its pilot phase by the end of July as Putrajaya moves to address rising healthcare costs and insurance premiums.

According to The Star, Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said the pilot rollout will involve selected insurers, takaful operators and private hospitals in the Klang Valley under the government's RESET strategy introduced in June last year.

He said the initiative is part of broader efforts to manage escalating medical inflation and private healthcare costs.

"The government introduced the RESET strategy as a comprehensive, targeted and high-impact framework to control rising healthcare costs and privat...