The deadline was on Jan. 31.
The government has also not remitted its matching share contribution despite collecting the contribution from employees since Oct. 1, 2010.
There are over 3,500 government employees in Palau whose yearly gross salaries amount to over $4 million.
This means that the government should at least be remitting over $500,000 in quarterly payments to the insurance fund.
Starting Oct. 1, 2010, government and private sectors employees had to pay a minimum of 2.5 percent of their insured earnings.
SSA said the only contributions that have been remitted to the insurance fund came from the private employees and their employers.
SSA administers Palau’s medical savings account and the health care fund.
Under the plan, a person becomes eligible for health coverage starting in April 2011.
The health insurance benefit will generally cover inpatient care at the Palau’s National Hospital and off-island care that is approved by the medical referral committee. The coverage will be subject to a co-payment, which will be the responsibility of the covered patient.
The amount of the co-payment will be 20 percent of the cost of the medical service, but will be capped based on a sliding scale, to be determined by income.
For general medical services that cap will be from $200 to $400, and for inpatient care or medical referrals, it will be anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000.
