MEDISHIELD FOR HOMEMAKERS
Parliament of Singapore · 19 August 2009
Official Report, 19 August 2009, Vol 86, Issue 9 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
MEDISHIELD FOR HOMEMAKERS
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Mdm Halimah Yacob asked the Minister for Health if he will consider making it compulsory for husbands to cover their homemaker wives under MediShield.
Mr Khaw Boon Wan: We strongly advise all Singaporeans to subscribe to MediShield. We do so through an opt-out scheme. We have not made it mandatory as we foresee problems of enforcing subscription.
Under the opt-out approach, 87% of women above the age of 20 have achieved MediShield coverage, which is not bad. But we are working with Mdm Halimah Yacob and the NTUC to raise the coverage rate further.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 19 August 2009. Republished on SGParliament.