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Jan 24, 2010

Medisave accounts
Keep for rainy days

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Mr Khaw's (left) worry is that people in their 50s may use their Medisave money on smaller expenses, not anticipating what could befall them in the future. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN

<!-- story content : start --> HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Sunday that he was 'sympathetic' towards the need for women to have mammograms, but said he was concerned about people depleting their Medisave accounts too quickly. Speaking after house visits where he helped distribute food hampers to 260 households in a rental block in Marsiling, he said: 'Don't forget, Medisave was for hospitalisation. It is for sick people - in fact, very sick people, who have bills of around $2,000.' He was responding to an appeal from Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua to let women use Medi-save to pay for breast cancer screenings. Mrs Lim said on Saturday that helping women aged 50 to 69 form a habit of screening for breast cancer every two years is a current priority of the community arm of women PAP MPs, known as Women Inspiring, Nurturing, Grooming Singaporeans (Wings). Mr Khaw said that his rule of thumb was that anything less than $100 should be paid out of one's cash savings. He added that current subsidies for mammograms bring their cost as low as $50 for women over 40, and $25 for those who have not gone for checks in the past three years. His worry: That people in their 50s may use their Medisave money on smaller expenses, not anticipating what could befall them in the future.

Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[Watchman]

Lazy 50 year old idiots !​

 

[Yue Ying]

Khaw welcomes competition


Khaw welcomes competition

05:55 AM Jan 25, 2010


<!--replace --> <script type="text/javascript"> var text = "SINGAPORE - Competition during the next General Election (GE) will be welcome, according to Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan.

It is good that more young and better educated people are entering politics, he said, when asked of the opposition parties\' recruitment drive.

\"It doesn\'t matter whether it\'s PAP, or non-PAP. If you like Singapore, if you think you\'ve a better idea to run a better place; if you think you can run Sembawang better than I do, please come forward,\" he said at a constituency event yesterday.

Mr Khaw has headed Sembawang GRC since 2006. The next GE is due by end-2012.

One concern the public has often raised is rising healthcare costs.

At a breast-screening event on Saturday, Minister in the Prime Minister\'s Office Lim Hwee Hua suggested that Medisave be allowed for mammograms. Mr Khaw disagreed.

\"My general rule of thumb is this - anything less than a hundred dollars - $20, $30 - please pay out of your own pocket,\" he said.

According to him, Medisave should be reserved for \"big bills\" and should not be abused. Maggie Chong and Evelyn Choo

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It is good that more young and better educated people are entering politics, he said, when asked of the opposition parties' recruitment drive.

"It doesn't matter whether it's PAP, or non-PAP. If you like Singapore, if you think you've a better idea to run a better place; if you think you can run Sembawang better than I do, please come forward," he said at a constituency event yesterday.

Mr Khaw has headed Sembawang GRC since 2006. The next GE is due by end-2012.

One concern the public has often raised is rising healthcare costs.

At a breast-screening event on Saturday, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua suggested that Medisave be allowed for mammograms. Mr Khaw disagreed.

"My general rule of thumb is this - anything less than a hundred dollars - $20, $30 - please pay out of your own pocket," he said.

According to him, Medisave should be reserved for "big bills" and should not be abused. Maggie Chong and Evelyn Choo

 

[tonychat]

Re: Khaw welcomes competition

I dunno why but such ideas are very primitive... Well, it suits sinkie anyway.

 

[mscitw]

That was the same idea for national reserves, to tide the regime during a fiscal crisis.

however when Ho Jinx lost millions, it became apparent that the cookie jar must be raided.

Only in Peasantpore!