8 October 2022
Azrul Mohd Khalib tells the government to invest in a new and sustainable approach to funding health care, amid challenges with NCDs, mental health, and an ageing population.
Tag: health care financing
7 October 2022
Opinion
Budget 2023: Health Allocation Seeks To Address Institutional Challenges, But Leaves Major Gaps
Despite an NCD crisis, allocations for health education and Peka B40 were cut, though there is an RM16 million allocation for Agenda Nasional Malaysia Sihat.
7 October 2022
The RM4.9 billion allocation is for the procurement of medicines, reagents, vaccines, and disposables, a 12% increase from 2022.
7 October 2022
MOH received RM36.14 billion for Budget 2023, a record 11.5% increase from Budget 2022; MOH’s 2022 budget was only a 1.5% raise from 2021.
28 September 2022
DAP will present its care economy proposal -- seeking to professionalise and expand aged care -- to PH’s presidential council next week.
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.
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.
6 September 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin declines to talk about social health insurance, but tells the Kuching town hall that co-financing health care must be considered in the future.
6 September 2022
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3 September 2022
Critics highlight the lack of pharmacists, patient and consumer groups, representatives from Sabah and Sarawak, civil society groups across fields, and “independent” parties not currently or previously attached to the government.