Changes to Medishield - Prolonging a system with many flaws...

[Confuseous]

Helping these families is not a question of whether the govt has the resources to do it but rather what it means to not to help them. Why does Minister Gan choose to frame it as a problem that has to be solved by increasing the MediShield premiums for everyone? Surely this is something the govt can do for parents who have taken the bold step to shoulder the responsibility of bringing a child to this world and caring for the child for many years to come. Do we put our defense budget through the same scrutiny as we are doing to spend this $20M-$40M for the least fortunate of Singaporean babies...the babies of our NS men? Why the need for all this consultancy and feedback when healthcare experts have already said repeatedly that something has to be done in this area including PAP's own MPs. Do we apply the same level of parsimony to our defense spending ...the same level of scrutiny for our multi-billion loan to the IMF? Are these Singaporean families not worth helping? . .The PAP is willing to spend $300M on the YOG to just enhance Singapore's image, but it is shameful what we put these families through because the govt refuses to spend the $20M-$40M to help the least fortunate of Singaporean babies. Their lack of will to fix this after so many years says a lot about the PAP thinking and what ordinary Singaporeans mean to the PAP.

- http://singaporemind.blogspot.sg/2012/07/changes-to-medishield-prolonging-system.html

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Medishield is flawed for the simple reason that it covers too little, too late and too limited.

Not many people know that they have to pay the say first $3,000 of a hospital bill, while the rest of the bill will be covered by Medishield. I could be mistaken, but the concept should be right.

 

[ArjanParangToh]

Medishield is flawed for the simple reason that it covers too little, too late and too limited.

Not many people know that they have to pay the say first $3,000 of a hospital bill, while the rest of the bill will be covered by Medishield. I could be mistaken, but the concept should be right.

You are right.

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

Medishield is flawed for the simple reason that it covers too little, too late and too limited.

Not many people know that they have to pay the say first $3,000 of a hospital bill, while the rest of the bill will be covered by Medishield. I could be mistaken, but the concept should be right.

Goh CT sold us wholesale.......... it is basic gahmen's responsibilty to take care of its sick and aged but that bloody woody woodpecker passed the buck to all Singaporeans......... you pay till you die!!

 

[Townair]

Government doesn't pay anything to cover any healthcare for people. In fact governments makes good profits out of it. Medisave is your own money in your own CPF account just like you deposit money into your own bank account. Medishield premium is paid by your own money just like you buy any insurance policy. Both bainking and insurance are usually very profitable businesses. Government with powers to change terms and conditions makes it surely very profitable.

 

[Semaj2357]

yes, you co-pay with your money first and then it's paid with your own cpf money thereafter.
It's still from the same source, your own money