9.15 Million STR Recipients Eligible For mySalam Coverage This Year

Christina Chandra

2nd July 2026 - 2 min read

A total of 9.15 million Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) recipients are eligible for coverage under the mySalam B40 National Protection Scheme this year, based on the programme’s eligibility criteria.

Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said the scheme has paid out RM1.42 billion to 1.88 million recipients since its launch in 2019 through 31 December 2025.

He added that mySalam had a remaining fund balance of RM490.9 million at the end of 2025.

Government Reviewing One-Year Extension

The government is reviewing whether to extend the mySalam scheme for another year.

According to Amir Hamzah, nearly 300,000 people received mySalam benefits last year, with claims totalling RM276 million, up from 190,725 recipients in 2024. As of May this year, around 123,000 recipients had received payouts totalling RM108 million.

He said around RM290 million remained in the fund after utilisation during the first half of this year. The government, he added, remains committed to strengthening social protection and will continue refining the scheme, as it has done in previous years.

Eligible recipients can check their coverage and submit claims through the official mySalam portal. If you’d like to learn more about the scheme, check out our guide on how to get free medical coverage through mySalam.

Christina Chandra

Christina writes about personal finance with an eye for making the complicated feel straightforward. She is drawn to the everyday money decisions people face and genuinely enjoys finding the clearest way to explain them. Between articles, she is probably napping, on a hiking trail, or terrorising her sister’s cats.

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