Dear students, the textbook is quite skimpy on this chapter. To understand the non-welfare system in Singapore, you really need to know the philosophy that Singapore believes in with regards to healthcare.
Taken from the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website:
"Good, affordable basic healthcare is available to Singaporeans through subsidised medical services at public hospitals and clinics. Our hospitals and healthcare system will never withhold help to a Singaporean because of financial limitations. Yet our philosophy promotes individual responsibility towards healthy living and medical expenses. Medisave, Medishield, ElderShield and Medifund schemes exist to help Singaporeans “co-pay” their medical expenses. "
With regards to payment of bills, remember that although Medisave and Medishield are schemes that the government has made compulsary for us, we as individuals are responsible for them. If we do not work and have no CPF, we will have no money in Medisave and no money to pay for the premium for Medishield.
On the other hand, the government helps out by making Medifund and government subsidies available to those who need it through means-testing.
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