MediSave Withdrawal Limits for In-vitro Fertility Treatments

27 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has reviewed the MediSave withdrawal limits for in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatments recently; and (b) whether it will consider increasing the MediSave withdrawal limit for IVF treatments.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: Our financing schemes remain adequate for subsidised Assisted Conception Procedures (ACP).

To support affordability of ACPs, Government co-funding of up to 75% is available at public Assisted Reproduction centres, with MediSave withdrawals limits of up to $6,000 per cycle. A lifetime withdrawal limit of $15,000 per patient is also in place to avoid premature depletion of MediSave balances towards ACPs.

After co-funding and MediSave usage for the first ACP cycle, eight in 10 eligible Singapore Citizen (SC) couples would incur no out-of-pocket expense, while nine in 10 eligible SC couples would pay no more than $500. The Ministry of Health (MOH) will continue to monitor the affordability of ACPs and review our financing schemes if necessary.