{"id":987521874,"date":"2021-06-04T03:09:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T02:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/news\/ministry-of-health-to-revise-public-healthcare-subsidy-framework-to-benefit-those-with-greater-needs\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:32:21","slug":"ministry-of-health-to-revise-public-healthcare-subsidy-framework-to-benefit-those-with-greater-needs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/ministry-of-health-to-revise-public-healthcare-subsidy-framework-to-benefit-those-with-greater-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Health to revise public healthcare subsidy framework to benefit those with greater needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;From the middle of next year, means-tested public healthcare subsidy frameworks are set to be revised as government spending on patient subsidies is projected to hit S$6.5 billion in the 2020 financial year, up from S$4 billion five years before.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe changes are&nbsp;warranted because healthcare expenditure is expected to rise over time as well. Singapore\u2019s population is ageing and there is a&nbsp;rising incidence of chronic diseases, while&nbsp;accessibility and quality of care are improving.<\/p>\n<p><em>To understand the changes in subsidy please read the entire article here originally published in T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.todayonline.com\/singapore\/moh-revises-public-healthcare-subsidy-framework-make-subsidies-more-progressive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oday Online here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greateasternlife.com\/content\/dam\/dmassets\/great-eastern\/singapore\/gels-ftrp-imc-cm\/health-insurance-\/great-supremehealth\/gels-pdt-pd-gsh-pdt-ld-bn.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Eastern Life&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have anything to say about Singapore&#8217;s healthcare subsidy? Please let us know in the Comments Section below.<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;From the middle of next year, means-tested public healthcare subsidy frameworks are set to be revised as government spending on patient subsidies is projected to hit S$6.5 billion in the 2020 financial year, up from S$4 billion five years before. The changes are&nbsp;warranted because healthcare expenditure is expected to rise over time as well. Singapore\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987531270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[131],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987521874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987521874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987521874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987531270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987521874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987521874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987521874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}