Healthcare

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Mind Map on Healthcare, created by Angela Yan on 05/03/2014.
Angela Yan
Mind Map by Angela Yan, updated more than 1 year ago
Angela Yan
Created by Angela Yan almost 11 years ago
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Healthcare
  1. Medisave
    1. CPF contributions
      1. Used to pay for hospital bills and medical treatment
      2. SIngaporeans are better able to pay for healthcare
        1. People share costs with government
          1. Helps to lighten government's burden
            1. Healthcare - shared responsibility
              1. Government need not depend on raising taxes to pay for healthcare costs
      3. Medishield
        1. National healthcare insurance scheme
          1. Singaporeans pay for this with Medisave
          2. Eg. By paying premiums for Eldershield, people above 40 years old would be able to pay for healthcare in case of disability
          3. Medifund
            1. Safety net to provide help to those who are really unable to pay for healthcare costs
              1. Eg. Low income workers or those without medisave
              2. With the help of Medifund, poor & needy can top on these pool of funds to cover their needs
              3. Subsidies
                1. Given to hospitals, polyclinics & nursing homes
                  1. Ensure that basic healthcare is available & affordable
                    1. Different rates are given to given class wards in hospitals
                2. Restructuring of Hospitals
                  1. More freedom to meet the needs of Singaporeans
                    1. Reduce amount of subsidies
                  2. Means testing
                    1. Affordability of patient is dictated by government
                      1. Resources more fairly distrubuted
                        1. Benefit patients who need the subsidies most
                      2. Promoting a Healthy lifestyle
                        1. Encourage people to lead a healthy lifestyle so that he will not fall sick easily and can save on medical expenses
                        2. Working with Organisations
                          1. Community provides healthcare support services
                            1. Voluntary organisations are given grants to run community hospitals
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