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Sharper Subsidy Distinction Between Citizens and Permanent Residents
28 January 2010
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28 Jan 2010
Citizens, Permanent Residents (PRs) and foreigners are charged differently for healthcare services.
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2. | Citizens enjoy heavy subsidy in Class B2 and C wards. PRs receive significant subsidy while foreigners are not subsidised at all. The subsidy distinction reflects the privileges of citizenship, but there is scope for refinement. |
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3. | To further sharpen the distinction between citizens and PRs, MOH will reduce the current healthcare subsidy for PRs by 10 percentage-points. For example in Class C wards, citizens are subsidised at 80% of cost, while PRs, 70%. MOH plans to reduce the subsidy for PRs in Class C wards to 60% of cost. |
4. | The reduction will be implemented in stages, to ease the adjustments for the PRs affected by this policy: |
a.From 1 January 2011, the subsidy for PRs in the public hospitals (Class B2 and C wards) and specialist outpatient clinics will be reduced by 5 percentage-points. b.From 1 July 2011, another 5 percentage-point reduction will apply in the public hospitals and specialist outpatient clinics. c.From 1 July 2011, the subsidy for PRs in the intermediate and long term care sector (i.e. community hospitals, nursing homes etc) will be reduced by 5 percentage-points. d.From 1 January 2012, another 5 percentage-point reduction will apply in the intermediate and long term care sector. | |
5. | By 2012, there will be a 20 percentage-point differential in healthcare subsidies between citizens and PRs. Please seeAnnex. |
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
28 JANUARY 2010
Annex (70 KB)