MediShield Life coverage for pregnancy complications under review

Those who face difficulties arising from such matters were urged to tap on MediFund.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently studying how MediShield Life can aid to cover inpatient treatments for serious pregnancy and delivery complications, health minister Gan Kim Yong said in Parliament.

Speaking through a written response, the minister responded to a question by MP Christopher de Souza on whether the minister is looking into extending additional support for couples that are going through pregnancy complications.

“We will provide details when ready,” Gan said.

According to Gan, 8 in 10 pregnant women that got inpatient treatment relating to their pregnancy or delivery complication over the past three years in B2/C wards spent an out-of-the-pocket payment of less than $500 after subsidies and MediSave.

“Couples who face financial difficulties with their medical bills may approach medical social workers at our public hospitals for assistance, including tapping on MediFund,” Gan explained.

Reaching the people who run Asia's businesses is harder than it used to be.

Inboxes are crowded. Attention is short. The executives you most want to reach — the founders, CFOs, and operators who actually move budgets — are the hardest to find through the usual channels. If you're building a company, a category, or a reputation, you already know this.

We've spent twenty years building the room they read. Singapore Business Review is where senior decision makers in Singapore and across Southeast Asia come for business coverage they can't get elsewhere — in print, online, and in person at the summits and roundtables we host across seven markets.

If you have something these readers should know about — a point of view worth publishing, a product worth their attention, an event worth their time — we'd like to hear what you're trying to do.

Book a meeting

| Or download the media kit (PDF)

240,000 senior readers quarterly in print Top 1,700 Singapore companies reached

7 markets across Southeast Asia