25 October 2021
Medical groups call for digitisation in health care, ring-fenced tax revenue for NCDs, tax incentives for GPs, effective tobacco harm reduction, and ageing care post-Covid.
Tag: health financing
28 June 2021
The extra RM400 million allocation is to cover 130% of the population, up from 120% coverage with the earlier RM3.5 billion budget.
30 March 2021
The planned change in Singapore’s inpatient and outpatient subsidies by the middle of 2022 will give bigger subsidies to lower-income patients.
24 June 2020
Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman calls for more investments into clinics instead of building more hospitals.
5 June 2020
The RM1 payment for public health care is unsustainable, says Universiti Malaya’s Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman.
2 June 2020
Outpatient health care formed the biggest component of out-of-pocket expenditure, according to NHMS 2019.
27 February 2020
Deregulation of medical practitioners’ consultation fees, jail for not issuing prescriptions upon request, drug price controls, promotion of contract government doctors, vaping regulations, mySalam, and health financing reform.
3 January 2020
The Malaysian Medical Association says there are no details about the government's new Sihat Bersama 2030 plan.
13 September 2019
A single-payer system means health spending is primarily made by the government.
7 August 2019
In Indonesia, social health insurance contributions are shared between employee and employer, and civil servant and government.