Singapore has good social welfare and a sound medical system. It provides a variety of social medical security and fully guarantees people's lives. For new immigrants in Singapore, good medical standards and comprehensive medical insurance protect people's lives. Let’s take a look with the Overseas Immigration Network.
1. Medical level
Singapore’s health level continues to improve, mainly due to the reduction of infectious diseases, improvement in people’s living standards, good health services, and strict health inspection measures.
Both government and private institutions provide a wide range of preventive, medical, rehabilitative and other health care services. The government heavily subsidizes its health care services to ensure that everyone can take advantage of these services.
Singapore *** has five government hospitals, 6 restructured government hospitals, 10 private hospitals, 13 government polyclinics, 10 outpatient clinics, 13 women and children's clinics and 1,000 More than eight hundred physicians in private practice. Permanent residents can also take advantage of the medical and dental facilities provided by government hospitals and polyclinics at the same charges as citizens.
2. Government hospitals
Government hospitals provide specialist outpatient services. Doctors from polyclinics and private practitioners can write letters of introduction to introduce patients to specialist doctors in government hospitals. Patients are charged NT$40 to NT$50 for the first consultation and NT$20 to NT$30 for each follow-up consultation.
Hospital fees depend on the ward level. "C" level wards charge RMB per day, and "A1" level wards charge RMB per day. In addition, laboratory tests, X-ray examinations and other services such as surgery are charged separately. TOLL.
3. Private clinics and hospitals
The consultation fee of a private practitioner generally starts from 12 yuan, depending on the nature of the treatment. Private specialist doctors, such as plastic surgeons or gynecologists The charges are higher, starting from NT$50. The charges in private hospitals and reorganized government hospitals are higher than those in government hospitals. The charges in each hospital are also different. The charges for a four-person ward start from NT$120 per day, and the charges for a single ward start from NT$335 per day. Yuanqi.
4. Polyclinics
Government polyclinics provide comprehensive health services to the whole family. These clinics are located in major HDB town centers and residential areas. In the district, services provided by public clinics include maternal and child health care, immunization injections, testing for infectious diseases such as hepatitis B, physical examinations for the elderly, X-ray examinations and dental treatments.
Patients seeking treatment for the first time must bring their ID cards. Children under the age of twelve must bring their birth certificates. After the patient completes the registration procedures, the clinic staff will issue him a diagnosis card and a Waiting in line to see the doctor’s number.
The consultation fee at a polyclinic is 7 yuan for adults, 5 yuan for adults over 65 years old and students under 18 years old. Drug fees are additional, and the cost of medicines for one week is from 1 yuan to 1 yuan. The price ranges from four yuan. There is also a fee for light examination and blood test, but the fee is low. The clinic is open from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 1 pm, and from 2 pm to 4:30 pm, Saturday Then from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
5. Elderly Health Care Plan
In order to ensure that the elderly can receive medical care near their homes, the government has set up elderly health care centers in various HDB estates. Currently, there are six centers specializing in Serving the elderly in various districts. Services at these centers include rehabilitation treatment, regular physical check-ups and elderly care courses for family members. The fee is about RMB 5 to RMB per day. Parents of permanent residents can also participate in the activities of these health plans if they hold long-term family visit passes and have settled in Singapore.
6. Family doctors
There are several private clinics in all HDB areas, open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and some clinics are open on weekends It is also open from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. In order for your family to receive better medical care, it is best to find a doctor in a clinic near your home as a family doctor.
7. Social Welfare
(1) Central Provident Fund
The Central Provident Fund was established in 1955 to provide financial services to retired people and people who have lost the ability to work. The provident fund is a comprehensive social savings protection plan that protects people's health care needs, post-retirement living needs, housing purchase subsidies, and education insurance and other support.
Under the provident fund regulations, employers and employees must *** pay together. Employment pass and work pass holders are not required to pay provident fund. Singapore citizens and residents under the age of 55 are not required to pay the provident fund. For permanent resident employees who have been employed for more than two years, the employee’s monthly contribution is 20%, and the employer must pay 12%. For permanent resident employees, the first-year contribution is 3%, and the employer pays 5%. In the next year, the employee pays 9%, and the employer pays 15%. %. After that, the provident fund will be paid according to the normal payment rate. The government has gradually planned to bring the employer contribution rate back to the original level of 20%.
(2) Provident fund account Provident fund account*** is divided into ordinary account, health savings account and special account:
1) The deposits in ordinary account can be used to purchase residential property, such as New HDB flats and private houses. In addition, it can also be used to purchase insurance, such as home insurance and dependents insurance. Members can also invest their deposits in approved stocks, bonds, unit trusts, fund management and gold, etc. The deposits in the ordinary account can also be used to finance the tuition fees of their children or their own tertiary education. It can also be used to pay for local six Tuition fees for full-time diploma courses at all tertiary institutions.
2) Medisave Account
The savings in the Medisave Account can be used for hospitalization expenses of the member, spouse, children, parents and grandparents. Their grandparents must be Singapore citizens or permanent residents. In addition, provident fund members can also use the savings in this account to pay the premiums of the "MediShield Insurance Plan"; this insurance plan ensures that members have the ability to cope with huge medical expenses when they are seriously ill and need to be hospitalized or treated for a long time.
3) Special account - The deposits in the special account will be kept in the account for retirement, pension and emergency needs
(3) Provident fund interest rate
Under normal circumstances, the savings interest rate for provident fund depositors corresponds to the interest rate on the market. However, under the legal protection of the provident fund, depositors of the provident fund are guaranteed to receive a deposit interest rate of at least 2.5%, and longer savings plans can even more Get an additional higher interest rate
(4) Provident Fund Withdrawal
Depositors can withdraw the deposits from their provident fund account after reaching the age of 55, but under the provisions of the law, A minimum deposit must still be kept in the account as a basic protection in old age. In addition to the deposits that can be withdrawn at the age of 55, the provident fund deposits can also be withdrawn if you leave Singapore permanently or become permanently disabled or mentally unstable. On the other hand, If the member continues to work after the age of fifty-five, the member can withdraw the deposit after every three years, that is, at the age of fifty-eight, sixty-one or sixty-four, etc.