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Healthcare policies in
Singapore
- Encouraging self-reliance
- Medisave
- Introduced in 1984
- Certain amount of money from CPF
channeled to Medisave account
- Can be used to pay hospital bills and certain
medical treatment when needed
- To meet our healthcare needs,
especially during retirement
- Introduced in 1984
- MediShield
- National healthcare insurance scheme
- Payed for with Medisave
- pay for large medical bills which
Medisave does not cover
- National healthcare insurance scheme
- Medisave
- Keeping healthcare affordable
- Government subsidies
- government gives different rates of subsidies
to the different classes of wards in hospitals
- Class C wards receive most in
subsidies, followed by B2,B3,A
- Class C wards receive most in
subsidies, followed by B2,B3,A
- government gives different rates of subsidies
to the different classes of wards in hospitals
- Medifund
- set up in 1993
- Provide help to those who are
not able to pay for healthcare
- government started with
a fund of $200 million
- interest earned from this fund given to public
hospitals to provide help for needy patients
- interest earned from this fund given to public
hospitals to provide help for needy patients
- For needy Singaporeans who despite
Medisave, Medishield and government
subsidies, still cannot afford to pay for
medical expenses
- set up in 1993
- Restructuring of hospitals
- Hospitals would have more freedom to
reorganise to meet the needs of Singaporeans
- Government would also be able to reduce
the amount of subsidies to the hospital
- Hospitals would have more freedom to
reorganise to meet the needs of Singaporeans
- Means-testing
- subsidies provided by the government
should benefit patients who need them most
- Resources fairly distributed if those who cannot
afford to pay for healthcare get the most subsidies
- Resources fairly distributed if those who cannot
afford to pay for healthcare get the most subsidies
- Implemented in 1 January 2009
- subsidies provided by the government
should benefit patients who need them most
- Government subsidies
- Promoting a healthy lifestyle
- If a person is in good health, he will not need medical
treatment and the person can save on medical expenses
- Schools and workplaces
- programmes to emphasise the
need to maintain good health
- Example
- regular physical exercises and a
well-balanced diet are encouraged
- regular physical exercises and a
well-balanced diet are encouraged
- Example
- programmes to emphasise the
need to maintain good health
- If a person is in good health, he will not need medical
treatment and the person can save on medical expenses
- Working with organisations
- Community provides some healthcare support
services to meet the needs of the people
- Because it is not possible for government
to run all healthcare services
- Because it is not possible for government
to run all healthcare services
- Example
- Patients who are discharged from
hospitals may still need medical care
- Voluntary welfare
organisations are given grants
- To run community hospitals, nursing
homes and day rehabilitation centres
- To run community hospitals, nursing
homes and day rehabilitation centres
- Voluntary welfare
organisations are given grants
- Patients who are discharged from
hospitals may still need medical care
- Community provides some healthcare support
services to meet the needs of the people
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