Cancer patients who are on drugs not on the Cancer Drug List will get support from the Government to complete treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com.
, and hence no longer insurable by MediShield Life since Thursday, will get support from the Government to complete their treatment.
The jump comes from both more drugs getting subsidies and more people qualifying for subsidies because the per capita household income threshold was raised from $2,800 to $6,500. Mr Ong said limiting insurance coverage to the Cancer Drug List has had an"immediate effect", with prices of cancer drugs that made it to the list dropping by 30 per cent on average, and as much as 65 per cent in some cases.
Singapore has been paying far more for cancer treatment than other developed places such as South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and Britain.
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