PAP must Do More for the Elderly...

[I_Hate_Pappies]

confirm.but after that the elderly medisave will be wipe out.If not enough,sell their pigeon hole if they owned one.

But nowadays medisave not enuff consider the inflation over the years and also some of them don't even "temporary" own a pigeon hole. This group how?
Got $8 operation for them?

 

[johnny333]

Monaco is nothing but multi millionaires and Macau is similar. Rich people can afford the health care required to reach old age.

Singaporeans are generally wealthy too thanks to the PAP govt but because the govt extends excellent health care to everyone regardless of their wealth, the average is boosted significantly.

If the govt simply left the poor to die, life expectancy in Singapore would be a lot lower.

I 'm not a statistician but I know that statistical data is time dependant. It gives a snapshot of the past & not necessarily the present.

Spore used to have affordable health care but somewhere in the past 10 to 20 years the PAP changed & they started charging 1st world prices for health care. Also the PAP started importing by the millions. These policy changes will undoubtedly have a negative impact on locals.

 

[Leongsam]

But nowadays medisave not enuff consider the inflation over the years and also some of them don't even "temporary" own a pigeon hole. This group how?
Got $8 operation for them?

Healthcare in Singapore

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Healthcare in Singapore is mainly under the responsibility of the Singapore Government's Ministry of Health. Singapore generally has an efficient and widespread system of healthcare. Singapore was ranked 6th in the World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems in the year 2000.[SUP][1]
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Singapore has a non-modified universal healthcare system where the government ensures affordability of healthcare within the public health system, largely through a system of compulsory savings, subsidies and price controls. Singapore's system uses a combination of compulsory savings from payroll deductions to provide subsidies within a nationalized health insurance plan known as Medisave. Within Medisave, each citizen accumulates funds that are individually tracked, and such funds can be pooled within and across an entire extended family. The vast majority of Singapore citizens have substantial savings in this scheme. One of three levels of subsidy is chosen by the patient at the time of the healthcare episode.

A key principle of Singapore's national health scheme is that no medical service is provided free of charge, regardless of the level of subsidy, even within the public healthcare system. This mechanism is intended to reduce the overutilisation of healthcare services, a phenomenon often seen in fully subsidised universal health insurance systems. Out-of-pocket charges vary considerably for each service and level of subsidy. At the highest level of subsidy, although each out-of-pocket expense is typically small, costs can accumulate and become substantial for patients and families. At the lowest level, the subsidy is in effect nonexistent, and patients are treated like private patients, even within the public system.
The increasingly large private sector provides care to those who are privately insured, foreign patients, or public patients who are able to afford what often amount to very large out-of-pocket payments above the levels provided by government subsidies.

Approximately 70-80% of Singaporeans obtain their medical care within the public health system. Overall government spending on healthcare amounts to only 3-4% of annual GDP, partly because government expenditure on healthcare in the private system is extremely low.
Singapore currently has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world (equalled only by Iceland) and among the highest life expectancies from birth, according to the World Health Organization.[SUP][2]
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Singapore has "one of the most successful healthcare systems in the world, in terms of both efficiency in financing and the results achieved in community health outcomes," according to an analysis by global consulting firm Watson Wyatt.[SUP][3][/SUP] The government regularly adjusts policies to actively regulate "the supply and prices of healthcare services in the country" in an attempt to keep costs in check. However, for the most part the government does not directly regulate the costs of private medical care. These costs are largely subject to market forces, and vary enormously within the private sector, depending on the medical specialty and service provided.

 

[jw5]

Later they will tell you that LKY among others, is also considered elderly.
Just like when they talk about helping people and Singaporeans, remember that their family members and close relatives/friends are also Singaporean people.

 

[Fook Seng]

singapore is one of the lucky countries in the world where medical care is affordable

If not affordable, can just drive over the causeway to Johore, only an hour's drive including customs checking what.

 

[Fook Seng]

In this list, Singapore is ranked even better at number 4.

In practical terms, this means that if you live in Singapore, you have a far better chance of celebrating the 80th birthdays of your parents compared to most other countries.

For that, you should all be eternally grateful to the PAP and the medical infrastructure that they have created over the years.

Why is Monaco and Macao so high up? Is it because gambling promote long life?

 

[kopiuncle]

Confirm boh?

confirm. double confirm....
nobody , not even the elderly, in singapore dies because he cannot afford medical care...
confirm, and doubly confirm....

 

[zhihau]

Is it because gambling promote long life?

active gaming like mahjong slows down Dementia and Alzheimer's

 

[jw5]

active gaming like mahjong slows down Dementia and Alzheimer's

probably need to win for it to work..............................

 

[zhihau]

probably need to win for it to work..............................

winning is like a bonus, got keng tao nao, playing to win can already.

 

[jw5]

winning is like a bonus, got keng tao nao, playing to win can already.

yeah bro, true, finally got a starter today, thanks for your good wishes, you will huat big one very soon......................

 

[zhihau]

yeah bro, true, finally got a starter today, thanks for your good wishes

everybody huat ah!!!

 

[Motaro]

confirm. double confirm....
nobody , not even the elderly, in singapore dies because he cannot afford medical care...
confirm, and doubly confirm....

Majullah Singapore!

 

[Larry]

PAP expect the children to take care of the elderlies ....not them!!!

it has always been that way. media still brainwashing people to die for the dying while they sit back do nothing serious, laze around, talk cock and get millions.

 

[Twitter]

everybody huat ah!!!

Huat to u too. Any kang tao tze boh?

 

[TiffanyCo]

Spore used to have affordable health care but somewhere in the past 10 to 20 years the PAP changed & they started charging 1st world prices for health care.

first class health care for the rich? but some sinkies couldn't even afford high medical bills for kidney dialysis and ended up across the causeway to do it without any subsidies. what a mockery!

 

[Qwest]

yeah bro, true, finally got a starter today, thanks for your good wishes, you will huat big one very soon......................

90 is profitable to u leh.

 

[johnny333]

Monaco is nothing but multi millionaires and Macau is similar. Rich people can afford the health care required to reach old age.

Singaporeans are generally wealthy too thanks to the PAP govt but because the govt extends excellent health care to everyone regardless of their wealth, the average is boosted significantly.

If the govt simply left the poor to die, life expectancy in Singapore would be a lot lower.

I've been hospitalized in both Canada and Spore. I can tell you that it's expensive to fall ill in Spore even if you have medisave. The gov't will expect you to pay the bulk of your expenses in cash even if you have enough funds in medisave. In Canada health insurance premiums are very affordable & coverage is comprehensive coverage. When I was hospitalised there my hospital bill(s) ran into 6 figures, all of it was covered by the provincial health care system.

If you can't afford the health care premiums in Canada i.e. you fall below a certain tax level. The health premiums are waived.

From taking to some Indonesians from Batam, many are looking at Malaysian hospitals instead of Spore hospitals. Heard that a room at the new Mount Elizabeth next to Tan Tock Send now costs $700 a night just for the room

I've already started looking at alternative hospitals in Thailand just in case I need surgery. I recommend that all Sporeans should have some kind of fall back plan outside of Spore just in case you get ill. The issue is not only about the cost of health care, it is also about the quality. I heard from families that their relatives have been mistreated at Tan Tock Seng.

As I've pointed out Statistics don't tell the whole story.

 

[johnny333]

first class health care for the rich? but some sinkies couldn't even afford high medical bills for kidney dialysis and ended up across the causeway to do it without any subsidies. what a mockery!

Health care in Spore is all about "super normal" profits. When I was discharged from the hospital in Spore & was under the care of a local cardiologist I had a monthly bill of $300 to $600: for medications, all kinds of expensive tests, etc.

I did my homework and found cheaper medical care in KL & JB. Now whenever I need to re-stock on my meds I just go to JB to do it. It's cheaper there.

 

[Leongsam]

As I've pointed out Statistics don't tell the whole story.

Statistics don't reveal individual experiences but it's useful for making comparisons.

The bottom line is that life expectancy is longer in Singapore than it is in Canada.

If you feel that the list is meaningless, try moving to one of the countries where life expectancy is 50.