Amount of Cash Paid by Singaporeans and Permanent Residents after Account Subsidies, MediShield Life and Medisave Deductions

4 Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for Health in respect of subsidised hospitalisation for each year from 2015 to 2017, how much did Singaporeans and permanent residents respectively pay in cash at the 10th to 40th deciles after taking into account subsidies, MediShield Life and MediSave deductions.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: From 2015 to 2017, Singaporean Citizens and Permanent Residents at the 10^th to 40^th percentile of subsidised hospitalisation bills paid $0 in cash, after taking into account subsidies, MediShield Life and MediSave deductions.

Over the same period, the median amount of cash paid by Singaporean Citizens in the 10^th to 40^th per capita household income percentiles for subsidised hospitalisations was also $0, after taking into account subsidies, MediShield Life and MediSave deductions. The corresponding figures for Permanent Residents ranged from $38 to $47 over the same period.