MEDISAVE ACCOUNTS

Parliament of Singapore · 25 August 1994 · 8th Parliament

Official Report, 25 August 1994, Vol 63, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

George Yong-Boon YeoKanwaljit Soin
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Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Health if he will give an estimate of the number of citizens and permanent residents who have no Medisave accounts or are unable to tap them through their children or parents.

BG George Yong-Boon Yeo: The estimated number of Singaporeans and permanent residents without Medisave accounts is 1.1 million people. The majority of these are children, housewives and the elderly who are not in the work force.

We are unable to estimate how many of these have no access to Medisave through their immediate family members.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 25 August 1994. Republished on SGParliament.