SINGAPORE – Eligible Singapore residents will receive S$20 in Healthpoints, while Singaporeans will get more subsidies for chronic medication as part of the Healthier SG programme, said Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung on Friday .
The pre-enrolment exercise for the programme will begin from May this year for residents with chronic illnesses who are 40 years old and above, and who are already seeing a GP regularly. Under the new tier, chronic patients will also be able to receive subsidies of up to 87.5 per cent, depending on their income levels, with no dollar cap and access whitelisted chronic medications, thereby making such medications at GP clinics under Healthier SG comparable to those available at polyclinics.
"However, there are patients with complex chronic diseases and who need more several drugs and medication, and the current CHAS benefits are not enough for them. Hence, these patients tend to go to polyclinics to get their subsidised drugs," said Mr Ong. This means that residents who have any diseases under CDMP will no longer have to co-pay 15 per cent of their medical bills in cash and can use MediSave to pay fully for their treatments.
This $20 is a joke. My hypertension med - 2 types cost less than $100 when I buy in malaysia versus $200 in SG from GP and around $700 from specialist clinic. So tell me if this $20 is not a joke?
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