Number of People Using MediSave to Pay for Parents' Healthcare Cost in Past Five Years

Mr Chen Show Mao asked the Minister for Health for each year in the past five years (a) what is the number of people using MediSave to pay for their parents' healthcare cost; and (b) what is the median withdrawal value.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: Over the past five years, about 6% of all MediSave withdrawals were for the MediSave account holder's parents' healthcare expenses, which include inpatient, day surgery and outpatient expenses. The details are in Table 1 below.