Number of People Using Medisave to Pay for Parents' Healthcare Bills

Mr Png Eng Huat asked the Minister for Health in each year of the past five years, what is the number of people using MediSave to pay for their parents' healthcare cost and what is the median withdrawal value.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: Over the past five years, the number of Medisave withdrawals for parents' healthcare expenses has varied between 161,000 in 2014 and 193,000 in 2018, or 9.7% and 3.8% respectively of the total number of Medisave withdrawals. The average withdrawal amount ranged between $760 in 2014 to about $440 in 2018.