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21-08-2013, 04:10 AM
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Health Minister: Premiums for MediShield Life will be AFFORDABLE (http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/08/20/gan-premiums-for-medishield-life-will-be-affordable/)
http://images.dmca.com/Badges/dmca_protected_sml_120n.png?ID=f11d7371-0ef1-483b-888a-04e8d2ba2e94 http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostDateIcon.png August 20th, 2013 | http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostAuthorIcon.png Author: Editorial (http://www.tremeritus.com/author/editorial/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Gan_kim_yong-200x300.jpgHealth Minister Gan Kim Yong
The impact of higher MediShield premiums will be studied carefully to ensure that every Singaporean can afford them, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday (19 Aug).
Mr Gan’s comment came the day after PM Lee gave his National Day Rally speech at ITE on Sunday (18 Aug).
Mr Lee talked about revamping the MediShield insurance scheme to make it universal without the possibility of opting out. It will cover Singaporeans from birth to death, and will bring back into the fold Singaporeans 90 years and older.
However, PM Lee at the same time announced that insurance premiums will increase due to better coverage. Currently, Singaporeans up to 20 years old pay as little as $50 in premiums every year. But rates climb to as high as $1,190 for an 86-year-old.
Mr Lee said, “Even those who are now outside the MediShield network, we will bring them back in. You may be elderly, you may have dropped out, you may have pre-existing illnesses, we will bring you back in – it may cost you a bit more but it can be done. There will be no more opting out for MediShield.”
Netizens, however, are not impressed with Mr Lee’s proposed healthcare revamp. Some netizens commented on TR Emeritus:
Pink Panty Loong: To cut a long story short, we still end up paying more, right?
House Always Wins: This is so typical of PAP, give a little with the right hand brag a lot about it and then take back more from us using the left hand. Just like GST hike and GST payout. Taking a page out of the casino rule book, the house always wins.
Sim: It is a ploy to make singaporeans pay MORE for each other’s medical expenses. govt just earn the cut from premiums, store up reserves.
Emeritus Singaporean: This Medisheild LIFE insurance scheme will surely turn out to be another dubious scheme to rob more from our Singaporean CPF accounts or from our wallets.
abpap: zhai zhai [Ed. "understood" in Hokkien]. everytime the pap govt wants to “help” you, you are EXPECTED to pay more. Medishield insurance premium goes up, your Medisave contribution goes up, Medishield is NO LONGER opt out!! i don’t understand, as Uncle Leong has pointed out Medishield already has a surplus of something like $800 million? everytime the pap govt “helps” ordinary sporeans, it is without them coming out a single cent. Magical isn’t it?
Crap again: What a load of crap again!! First give you the good news… then says Medisave have to go up. In the end, we still have to pay for it on our own… This bugger figure that is making 3 million Sgreans take up the new non-opt-out Medishield scheme will increase their CPF bank because this is the best way to get more money. And the best is, get more money by increasing Medisave. You are a POS!!! Saying government help singaporean…more like we pay more ourself… just like the duck being force-fed so as to let you eat our fois gras~~~ pui~~~
Dollars & Sense: He sounds like an insurance salesman. If you want better insurance, we can do it but you have to pay more. His manager (in MOH) will negotiate with you how much to pay.
Sensing the worry and cynicism on the ground, Health Minister Gan quickly offered assurances yesterday that the Government will help those who have little in savings to cope with the scheme. The new scheme called Medishield Life will cover the entire lifespan of each citizen.
He said keeping premiums affordable will be a key priority as his ministry finalizes details on the expanded scheme.
However, Mr Gan also said that Singaporeans will continue paying part of the bill so as to maintain “discipline”.
He will seek the public’s views first before implementing Medishield Life, he said. A public consultation will be held “over the next few months”, Mr Gan added, without elaborating. Private insurers offering Integrated Shield – an upgrade that offers extra coverage – will also be roped into the conversation.
“At the end of the day, we want to re-emphasise, to re-affirm this collective responsibility for health care,” Mr Gan said.
The media reported a Mr Ho commenting, “I hope that the Government is not expecting old people to go back to their children and ask them for help. They have their own commitments, their own lives.”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?160464-Health-Minister-Premiums-for-MediShield-Life-will-be-AFFORDABLE&goto=newpost).
Health Minister: Premiums for MediShield Life will be AFFORDABLE (http://www.tremeritus.com/2013/08/20/gan-premiums-for-medishield-life-will-be-affordable/)
http://images.dmca.com/Badges/dmca_protected_sml_120n.png?ID=f11d7371-0ef1-483b-888a-04e8d2ba2e94 http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostDateIcon.png August 20th, 2013 | http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/themes/WP_010/images/PostAuthorIcon.png Author: Editorial (http://www.tremeritus.com/author/editorial/)
http://www.tremeritus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Gan_kim_yong-200x300.jpgHealth Minister Gan Kim Yong
The impact of higher MediShield premiums will be studied carefully to ensure that every Singaporean can afford them, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday (19 Aug).
Mr Gan’s comment came the day after PM Lee gave his National Day Rally speech at ITE on Sunday (18 Aug).
Mr Lee talked about revamping the MediShield insurance scheme to make it universal without the possibility of opting out. It will cover Singaporeans from birth to death, and will bring back into the fold Singaporeans 90 years and older.
However, PM Lee at the same time announced that insurance premiums will increase due to better coverage. Currently, Singaporeans up to 20 years old pay as little as $50 in premiums every year. But rates climb to as high as $1,190 for an 86-year-old.
Mr Lee said, “Even those who are now outside the MediShield network, we will bring them back in. You may be elderly, you may have dropped out, you may have pre-existing illnesses, we will bring you back in – it may cost you a bit more but it can be done. There will be no more opting out for MediShield.”
Netizens, however, are not impressed with Mr Lee’s proposed healthcare revamp. Some netizens commented on TR Emeritus:
Pink Panty Loong: To cut a long story short, we still end up paying more, right?
House Always Wins: This is so typical of PAP, give a little with the right hand brag a lot about it and then take back more from us using the left hand. Just like GST hike and GST payout. Taking a page out of the casino rule book, the house always wins.
Sim: It is a ploy to make singaporeans pay MORE for each other’s medical expenses. govt just earn the cut from premiums, store up reserves.
Emeritus Singaporean: This Medisheild LIFE insurance scheme will surely turn out to be another dubious scheme to rob more from our Singaporean CPF accounts or from our wallets.
abpap: zhai zhai [Ed. "understood" in Hokkien]. everytime the pap govt wants to “help” you, you are EXPECTED to pay more. Medishield insurance premium goes up, your Medisave contribution goes up, Medishield is NO LONGER opt out!! i don’t understand, as Uncle Leong has pointed out Medishield already has a surplus of something like $800 million? everytime the pap govt “helps” ordinary sporeans, it is without them coming out a single cent. Magical isn’t it?
Crap again: What a load of crap again!! First give you the good news… then says Medisave have to go up. In the end, we still have to pay for it on our own… This bugger figure that is making 3 million Sgreans take up the new non-opt-out Medishield scheme will increase their CPF bank because this is the best way to get more money. And the best is, get more money by increasing Medisave. You are a POS!!! Saying government help singaporean…more like we pay more ourself… just like the duck being force-fed so as to let you eat our fois gras~~~ pui~~~
Dollars & Sense: He sounds like an insurance salesman. If you want better insurance, we can do it but you have to pay more. His manager (in MOH) will negotiate with you how much to pay.
Sensing the worry and cynicism on the ground, Health Minister Gan quickly offered assurances yesterday that the Government will help those who have little in savings to cope with the scheme. The new scheme called Medishield Life will cover the entire lifespan of each citizen.
He said keeping premiums affordable will be a key priority as his ministry finalizes details on the expanded scheme.
However, Mr Gan also said that Singaporeans will continue paying part of the bill so as to maintain “discipline”.
He will seek the public’s views first before implementing Medishield Life, he said. A public consultation will be held “over the next few months”, Mr Gan added, without elaborating. Private insurers offering Integrated Shield – an upgrade that offers extra coverage – will also be roped into the conversation.
“At the end of the day, we want to re-emphasise, to re-affirm this collective responsibility for health care,” Mr Gan said.
The media reported a Mr Ho commenting, “I hope that the Government is not expecting old people to go back to their children and ask them for help. They have their own commitments, their own lives.”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?160464-Health-Minister-Premiums-for-MediShield-Life-will-be-AFFORDABLE&goto=newpost).