PKR lawmaker Sim Tze Tzin has called for tighter regulation of investment-linked insurance schemes, which he said have driven up costs in the private healthcare sector and forced more affluent citizens to turn to government hospitals.

At a press conference in Parliament today, the Bayan Baru MP responded to Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) director Dr Harikrishna KR Nair's statement that many “T20 patients” were being transferred...