Singapore Healthcare

THE Government is making a further distinction in the privileges enjoyed by citizens and permanent residents, this time, in the health-care sector.
Citizens already benefit from higher subsidies than PRs. New changes will widen that gap to 20 percentage points.
It means a PR patient in a C class hospital ward will receive a subsidy of 45 per cent to 60 per cent, whereas the citizen's subsidy remains unchanged at 65 per cent to 80 per cent.
In a B2 ward, the PR patient's subsidy will be 30 per cent to 45 per cent, compared to 50 per cent to 65 per cent for citizens.
The changes will be made in two phases, in January and July next year.
Announcing this on Thursday, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan called the changes a 'meaningful refinement to the current policy' and added: 'The key point is that citizens should enjoy better subsidy than non-citizens.' - Strait Times