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It's about the government providing safety nets to ensure healthcare remains affordable to all Singaporeans |
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1. Government subsidies are direct subsidies given to hospitals, polyclinic and some elderly nursing homes to ensure that basic healthcare services are available for all Singaporeans 2. different rate of subsidies are given to different classes of wards in government hospitals, for example, C Class wards which receives the biggest subsides are meant to help the lower income Singaporeans cope with hospitalization costs . 3. Medifund was set up in 1993 to help Singaporeans who were not able to pay for their healthcare despite the medisave and medishield scheme (eg: low income workers, unemployed, some self employed) patients at government hospitals who need help to pay for their hospital bill can apply for the fund at the hospital . 4. hospitals were restructured in the 1990s to allow them to have the freedom to reorganize to better meet the needs of Singaporeans. the government could then reduce the amount of subsidies to hospitals 5. Means-Testing was introduced to check and see whether patients are able to pay for healthcare . Allocating subsidies in government hospitals based on income levels of Singaporeans to ensure that resources are fairly distributed and those who cannot afford to pay for healthcare are give the most subsidies . |
Direct Subsidies Different Rate of subsidies Medifund Hospital Restructure Means Testing |
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government has kept Healthcare affordable because it has created policies which reduced the cost of healthcare for lower income Singaporeans and other help schemes that ensures that even if a Singaporean cannot afford basic healthcare, he still has access to funds which will help him meet his healthcare needs .
Furthermore , government has also put in policies that have ensured that assistance to help Singaporeans pay for their medical treatment is fairly distributed and benefits those who need it most |
find which will help fair distribution |
