LTA failed to factor in PHV effect when expanding bus fleet and contracting model.

[oneMdeeBee]

Any increases especially the GST is to help the poor.

So they and their cronies and running dogs can laugh with them on way to their fucking banks.

 

[KuanTi01]

The lanjiao PTC is there to justify fare increases and nothing else. Mai keh keh!

 

[Confuseous]

The lanjiao PTC is there to justify fare increases and nothing else. Mai keh.

These clowns don't even pretend to be "independent"...the govt usually accepts 100% of their recommendations within the same day.

 

[bic_cherry]

These clowns don't even pretend to be "independent"...the govt usually accepts 100% of their recommendations within the same day.

U should write your text OUTSIDE the quote box btw.

In any case, think same problem happened in medishield-life advisory committee, some were dr/ executives from private hospitals etc... Ends up, claims by private hospital patients with riders were 60% more than those without, translating to 60% higher claims submitted by private insurance companies on claims against the national medishield-life insurance pool... which translates into a scheme whereby the poor actually subsidise the rich people's private healthcare costs ...

Whenever these private industry high SES people sit on gahmen 'social welfare' committees, they are always there to firstly protect their own welfare and secondly to advance their private business profitability.
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Co-payment mandated for new IP insurance riders in bid to curb 'buffet syndrome'
By KELLY NG

To curb the over-consumption over-servicing and overcharging of healthcare services, the Ministry of Health says IP riders must now incorporate a co-payment of 5 per cent or more. Reuters File Photo
Published: 07 MARCH, 2018
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According to MOH, the average bill claimed by a full rider policyholder cost S$9,093 in 2016, about 58.5 per cent higher than that of an average IP holder (S$5,738). Patients with riders were more likely to visit private hospitals than those without riders, contributing to a bulk of this differential.
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https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...l-new-integrated-shield-plans-full-riders-moh

 

[hofmann]

The main issue here is abuse of the insurance system by unscrupulous doctors and patients.

Make it a criminal offence and compulsory suspension of licence for doctors caught submitting fraudulent claims.

The medical profession who has profited greatly from this abuse should be taken to task. Same story as car workshops and inflated claims.