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What is the ruling on subscribing to a cancer treatment insurance program at a specialized hospital, where the subscriber pays a specific annual amount in exchange for a defined treatment ceiling, without an intermediary (insurance company or bank) between the subscriber and the hospital?

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Commercial health insurance, such as paying an annual sum in exchange for potential treatment at a greater cost, is forbidden due to its inclusion of gharar (excessive uncertainty) and maysir (gambling), whether it is affiliated with a bank or an insurance company. Its prohibition becomes even stronger if it involves riba (usury). However, some scholars have permitted it in cases of dire necessity, such as when a patient is unable to afford treatment without insurance, because what is prohibited due to gharar may be permitted out of necessity. But this permissibility is specific to a patient in need of treatment and does not apply to a healthy person who has no justification for falling into what is forbidden.

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