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</NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">2:54 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 1) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>4613.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>First of all, let's take a look at the original hospital subsidies:
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=400 border=1><CAPTION></CAPTION><TBODY><TR><TD width=100>Type of ward,
class/service
</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle colSpan=3>Subsidy level</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD>Citizen</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle colSpan=2>Permanent resident</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD width=100> </TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle>October 2007</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle>October 2008</TD></TR><TR><TD>Class B1</TD><TD>20%</TD><TD width=100>15%</TD><TD width=100>10%</TD></TR><TR><TD>Class B2</TD><TD>65%</TD><TD>60%</TD><TD>55%</TD></TR><TR><TD>Class C</TD><TD>80%</TD><TD>75%</TD><TD>70%</TD></TR><TR><TD>Day Surgery</TD><TD>65%</TD><TD>60%</TD><TD>55%</TD></TR><TR><TD width=100>Specialist Outpatient Clinic (SOC)</TD><TD>50%</TD><TD>45%</TD><TD>40%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://www.hpm.org/en/Surveys/Unive...educed_hospital_subsidy_for_non-citizens.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/pdf/20090101/skmeans01.pdf
Following a policy started two years ago to put citizens above non-citizens in health benefits, permanent residents will receive 10 percentage points less subsidy than citizens with the same income.
[email protected]
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<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=400 border=1><CAPTION></CAPTION><TBODY><TR><TD width=100>Type of ward,
class/service
</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle colSpan=3>Subsidy level</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD>Citizen</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle colSpan=2>Permanent resident</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD width=100> </TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle>October 2007</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle>October 2008</TD></TR><TR><TD>Class B1</TD><TD>20%</TD><TD width=100>15%</TD><TD width=100>10%</TD></TR><TR><TD>Class B2</TD><TD>65%</TD><TD>60%</TD><TD>55%</TD></TR><TR><TD>Class C</TD><TD>80%</TD><TD>75%</TD><TD>70%</TD></TR><TR><TD>Day Surgery</TD><TD>65%</TD><TD>60%</TD><TD>55%</TD></TR><TR><TD width=100>Specialist Outpatient Clinic (SOC)</TD><TD>50%</TD><TD>45%</TD><TD>40%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://www.hpm.org/en/Surveys/Unive...educed_hospital_subsidy_for_non-citizens.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/pdf/20090101/skmeans01.pdf
Following a policy started two years ago to put citizens above non-citizens in health benefits, permanent residents will receive 10 percentage points less subsidy than citizens with the same income.
[email protected]
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