SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Friday (Sept 2) additional transitional support for cancer patients who are affected by changes to treatment claim policies that took effect on Thursday.
In August last year, MOH announced changes to the MediShield Life, MediSave and Integrated Shield Plan coverage, as well as established a Cancer Drug List .
Currently, more than 90 per cent of cancer treatments approved by the Health Sciences Authority are on the CDL. This will continue to expand as the ministry continues to engage drug companies and as new clinical evidence emerges.Patients in public and private healthcare institutions who started treatments that are not on the CDL, or are on the CDL but not subsidised before Sept 1, may find themselves affected by the policy change, said MOH.
"Generally, they will not need to pay more cash as compared to before," said MOH, adding that patients may approach their respective public healthcare institutions for more details. "So we should avoid the situation where they will find the cost of their cancer drugs shoot up suddenly. We should make provisions, so that the impact on them should be minimal, if not zero."
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