Affordable healthcare: Bill of a premature baby

Thank you, Kenneth Tiang, for sharing your experience and your baby's bill with us. It adds another piece of valuable proof to the heap of stories that have been shared with this page on affordable healthcare.

A premature baby spent 5 months in the neonatal intensive care unit and incurred a bill of $326,152 !!

Government grant: a whopping $249,531
Medishield Life accounted for $72,372

Medisave paid for $4249

Out-of-pocket payment? $ZERO

If that is not a great system, what is?

We have a very good healthcare system with the 3Ms, so let's not mindlessly attack the system for other agenda because you don't like the government.

And yes, for all their imperfections, we do have a great government too.

Affordable healthcare through the 3Ms

Generous government subsidies, together with Medishield Life and Medisave have made heathcare in Singapore affordable.

Take this example here. The patient incurred a bill of $13,154 for a 9-day stay in a C Class ward at TTSH.

Government subsidies: $9493
Medishield Life: $2060

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞: $𝟏𝟕𝟐𝟗
Out-of-Pocket payment: 0

The amount paid with Medisave represents 13% of the total bill. Government subsidies and Medishield Life took care of 87% of the bill.

You enjoy the same good quality medical care by a team of doctors during your stay in hospital even if it is C Class.

Something to be thankful for.

.