Is the MediFund criteria a secret?

By S Y Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to media reports about the time saving benefits offered for staff of SingHealth by the One Medifund scheme. The medical healthcare group also shared that the new system has saved patients many trips shuttling between health institutions, medical social workers and pharmacies. All subsidised patients who can’t pay … Read more

“Affordable” healthcare all depends on your luck

By SY Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the article “Musculoskeletal patients face highest risk of large hospital bills: Study” (Today, May 13). Luck and the type of illness? The article describes how studies have shown that those with musculoskeletal diseases, which include back pain and osteoarthritis, had a 5.6 per cent to 14 … Read more