Budget 2026 Archives

17 October 2025

Letter

CSOs For Older People Highlight Budget Signals And Call For Joint Delivery Systems

If the government, civil society, the private sector, and local communities act together, we can add healthier years, keep care closer to home, build service-integrated housing, and create dignified jobs in the care and silver economy.

17 October 2025

Letter

Budget 2026: A Better Understanding Of MOH’s Allocation — Chua Hong Teck

The rakyat need to take charge and manage their health better in order to have a more sustainable health delivery and financing system for the country.

17 October 2025

Letter

Private General Practitioners: Friends Or Foes Of The Madani Government? — Dr Gunalan Palari Arumugam

With the right mindset, both GPs and specialists in private practice can do their best to be meaningful partners of the Madani government in ensuring the health and welfare of the rakyat.

15 October 2025

Letter

Budget 2026: Where Do Rare Diseases Fit? Everywhere — Saida Abu Bakar

For families living with rare or low-awareness conditions, inclusion isn’t about creating new programmes — it’s about making sure the system itself finally lets them through.

14 October 2025

Letter

Building A Healthier Health Care System Must Begin With Compassion — Academy Of Medicine Of Malaysia

Budget 2026 reminds us that true health care investment must go beyond infrastructure; it must also empower the people who make healing possible.

13 October 2025

Letter

An Open Letter To Malaysians About The Health Care Mirage In Budget 2026 — Medical Officer

An MO casts doubt on the 40% hike of doctors' on-call allowance, saying there's no official circular yet. The MO also the 40% raise is only an RM3 increase from RM9.16 to RM12.83/hour. "Doctors don’t need 40% of peanuts. We need a system that retains us."

10 October 2025

Malaysia

Budget 2026 Slashes Funding For Madani Medical Scheme, Health Education, MHTC, NCEMH

Several MOH programmes face cuts in Budget 2026 despite a higher overall allocation of RM46.5 bil. The funding cuts include the Madani Medical Scheme (50%), MHTC (33%), health education (23%), and the National Centre for Excellence in Mental Health (12%).

10 October 2025

Malaysia

Wary Of WBB Debacle, Doctor Groups Await Briefing On On-Call Allowance Raise

After the WBB debacle, doctor groups HDK and MMA will await an MOH briefing on the implementation of the 40% on-call allowance (ETAP) raise for medical officers that was announced in Budget 2026. HDK says doctors “felt cheated” by ETAP tied to WBB then.

10 October 2025

Malaysia

Maintaining RM10 GP Fee Floor Risks TPAs Undercutting Doctors: MMA

Despite a GP consultation fee ceiling increase to RM80, MMA expresses deep disappointment with the government retaining the RM10 floor rate, saying this low floor risks undercutting by TPAs who have been paying doctors below RM35. MMA wants RM50 minimum.

10 October 2025

Opinion

Budget 2026: Anaemic Raise In MOH’s Allocation Belies Public Health Care Crisis

The Galen Centre says the "anaemic" 2.8% (RM1.3 billion) increase in MOH's allocation in Budget 2026 to RM46.5 billion belies the fact that the public health care system is over-congested, understaffed and underfunded. Sugar subsidies weren't scrapped too.

Tag: Budget 2026

CSOs For Older People Highlight Budget Signals And Call For Joint Delivery Systems

Budget 2026: A Better Understanding Of MOH’s Allocation — Chua Hong Teck

Private General Practitioners: Friends Or Foes Of The Madani Government? — Dr Gunalan Palari Arumugam

Budget 2026: Where Do Rare Diseases Fit? Everywhere — Saida Abu Bakar

Building A Healthier Health Care System Must Begin With Compassion — Academy Of Medicine Of Malaysia

An Open Letter To Malaysians About The Health Care Mirage In Budget 2026 — Medical Officer

Budget 2026 Slashes Funding For Madani Medical Scheme, Health Education, MHTC, NCEMH

Wary Of WBB Debacle, Doctor Groups Await Briefing On On-Call Allowance Raise

Budget 2026: Anaemic Raise In MOH’s Allocation Belies Public Health Care Crisis

Bleak Future For Malaysia’s Health Assurance Industry — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Nutritionists: Follow Malaysia’s Scientific Food Pyramid, Not US Inverted Pyramid

CodeBlue’s View: Doctors Must Follow The Law. Period.

Transfer Allowance Opened To Contract Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists With 2025 Permanent Appointments: Minister

Digital Ministry Opens RM87m Tender For MySejahtera App Maintenance Over Three Years