1. Managing Healthcare Encouraging Self-Reliance

2. What is Self-Reliance? Not relying on others Having enough resources / money Being able to pay for oneself Not being a burden to others

3. Why Self-Reliance? Lessen burden on government Lessen burden on taxpayers Promote responsibility More focus on the truly needy

4. Encouraging Self-Reliance Medisave http://bit.ly/crtfY1http://bit.ly/crtfY1 (MOH Website) http://bit.ly/crtfY1Medifund http://bit.ly/dlZpdjhttp://bit.ly/dlZpdj (MOH Website) http://bit.ly/dlZpdj There are 2 main means by which the government encourages self-reliance. These are:

5. Medisave Part of Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions Money is channeled monthly to Medisave For an adult 35 & below, 20% of CPF goes to Medisave For more detailed information: http://bit.ly/hPolrhttp://bit.ly/hPolr (CPF Website) http://bit.ly/hPolr

6. Medisave Used to pay hospital bills Use of Medisave extended after feedback Chemotherapy High blood pressure medication Assisting in conception HIV anti-retroviral drugs

7. Medisave More information on use of Medisave http://bit.ly/aTK3K8http://bit.ly/aTK3K8 (MOH website) http://bit.ly/aTK3K8

8. Medisave (Question) Which group of Singaporeans may not have Medisave? (There may be more than one) Why?

9. Medisave With Medisave, healthcare spending is reduced S’poreans can pay for their own bills Healthcare becomes a shared responsibility Govt. burden is reduced No need to raise taxes

10. Medishield Medisave unable to cover long-term treatment National healthcare insurance scheme Premiums paid with Medisave Claims made from Medishield cover large bills Medishield covers long-term hospitalisation and treatments like dialysis

11. Medishield Medishield has been expanded over the years Example: Eldershield For people above 40 years old http://bit.ly/cyX8iyhttp://bit.ly/cyX8iy (MOH Website) http://bit.ly/cyX8iy

12. Encouraging Self-Reliance In conclusion, Encouraging self-reliance allows people to pay for their own healthcare and lessen the burden on the government and taxpayers. This allows government to better manage healthcare by directing resources to areas where it is more needed and not have to pour more money than is necessary