20 September 2022
The Galen Centre also recommends introducing co-payments of up to 30% for diabetic treatments, besides a national insurance scheme for those above age 40 specifically to fund aged care.
Tag: Budget 2023
19 September 2022
There must be an increase in the national health care budget to 5 per cent of GDP to reflect a commitment to reforms.
16 September 2022
To be meaningful, a national budget should not focus just on economic development but also on the critical areas that affect society, especially children. These include Education, Health, Protection, Environment and the Social Determinants that marginalise and exclude children.
15 September 2022
For Budget 2023, DAP calls for increased manpower in the public health care system, addressing contract health care workers’ issues, investment in rural clinics and mental health services, and mySalam expansion; PKR wants full rollout of HPV vaccination.
16 August 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says Cabinet must decide on whether to reduce “regressive” fuel subsidies to invest in public health care instead, admitting it’s very hard to double MOH’s annual budget to RM70 billion.