Mr. Jufri reiterated SDP’s call for a key healthcare fund run by the government as a single-payer system.
Additionally, the group has suggested removing the” subtleties” of MediSave, MediShield, and CareShield.
” People in Singapore frequently worry about their health more than the cost when they get ill.” That is completely unacceptable, according to Mr. Jufri.
We therefore suggest a single-payer concept of universal health care, where no Singaporean may be concerned about not being able to pay for treatment, because we think people should be focusing on healing rather than hospital expenses.
According to Mr. Ong, a hospital bill is already paid in three ways, including through government grants, says from MediShield Life, and MediSave.
” S 2M is used to pay about 80 % of hospital bills,” according to S 2M, and it is called this system.
We eliminate two of the three letters thanks to a single-payer method. So, my question to the SDP is:” What two are you getting rid of?”
He further stated that the SDP may actually reveal its ideas to people.
In response to Mr. Ong’s assertion that the proposals were “merely populist,” Mr. Jufri said,” What they call democracy, we call it putting people initially.
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