Subsidies or MediSave Withdrawals for Egg Freezing

27 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health whether the Ministry will consider making (i) subsidies (ii) co-funding or (iii) MediSave available for egg freezing.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: Our financing policies for egg freezing are designed on clinical grounds. Hence today, women can tap on MediSave for egg freezing done on medical grounds. If they get married in the future and would like to use their frozen eggs for assisted reproduction treatments, they can receive Government co-funding support and use MediSave for their treatments. From a population policy perspective, the Government encourages young couples to fulfil their marriage and parenthood aspirations as soon as possible and not to inadvertently encourage them to delay their plans.