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Category Archives: PG and CHAS
MediShield Life and palliative cover; Better late than never; Grateful for Govt’s compulsory medical health insurance for all; Level playing field at last, enhanced by Govt, two years of waiting after public feedback in 2018; Hospice palliative care is covered by MediShield Life wef 1st April, 2020; Next, CareShield Life? CPF Medisave? MediFund, will it be enhanced too?
=========== . No worries… MediShield Life and MediFund… Who will bother to ask for MediFund 2022 statistics and account status in Parliament? ======= Forum: No one will be denied appropriate cancer care due to an inability to pay UPDATED 2 … Continue reading
The Govt listened to feedback… MOH took action on false claims…dentists convicted & jailed; doctors and the learned ending up in court, some in jail;
MOH took action. Face off in court. 2.5 years jail for this dentist. A high-price to pay to be behind bars. I wrote in 2014 to MOH of possible loophole in the medical and dentistry profession. [please see … Continue reading
Make it an SOP to ask for Pioneer Generation card in clinics
Make it an SOP to ask for Pioneer Generation card in clinics PUBLISHED in ST Forum on 1st Sept 2017 I was dismayed to realise that such a poor attitude has crept into our places of work, and more so … Continue reading
Cashless; Paperless; The Govt has listened yet again; Four years of waiting; Grateful the Govt has upgraded the systems at the polyclinics – A paperless system – and pay electronically; Japan has the paperless system to cut waiting times at pharmacies; Now, ours too; What next?
======== . Cashless and Paperless; The cashless society.. a one card system. No card you cannot move around in society. You will become history. When? It is all about money. Cash only. Some retail shops accept only cash, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Finance, CareShield Life insurance - permanent disabilities, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, IT. AI, and Computerisation; Robots; Space Technology; Astral Particle Information System, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, PG and CHAS, Productivity, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback
Tagged paperless system, polyclinics, public hospitals
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Passion Silver Card – activate it, make it user friendly to serve the people; Care givers in society
====== . = Giving care and concern to others…best quietly, behind the scene, unseen, unnoticed by others. Offer it best when no one is watching and with a heart of service for the love of all mankind, and apologies [sorry … Continue reading
Budget 2017 – what are our expectations?
2017 Budget – what are our expectations? . Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will deliver the Government’s 2017 Budget statement in Parliament on Feb 20, 2017, his second as FM. . What should be done to make Singapore more inclusive … Continue reading
Posted in Budget 2017, CPF, Government, Govt's Budget, PG and CHAS, Silver Support Scheme, Socialistic Policies
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Old-aged homes…in a fast ageing Singapore; Destitute in old-age home, their money, if any left, to whom should they will their money? Help the elderly and the destitute to age well; HDB’s Community Care Apartments in Bukit Batok ready in 2024; Homeless and the Destitute Persons Act [Chapter 78]; Old folks die in loneliness, body not found for months; Those over 70 and 80, count your remaining days in 10 or 20 years
============== . PG and MG folks and the PG and MG Funds… How many of them were alive end 2020 and 2021, and how many will be alive end 2022? How much funds remained at end each year? What is … Continue reading
Posted in Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Medical & Health, PG and CHAS, Properties, Silver Support Scheme, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, Spiritual First - then mental then physical
Tagged Action Plan for Successful Ageing, Community Silver Trust, Elderly destitute, Geylang East Central, old-aged homes, Proximity Housing Grant
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CPF Annual Statement – It shows more details the amounts given by the Government to each person;
CPF…..it proves again that the Govt listens to public feedback. Prior to 2015, not many recipients were aware how much they had received as the Govt did not provide details in a summarised format at year end. I remember in … Continue reading
Abandoned houses: PGs and MGs – ageing population; Make a Will? Make a Lasting power of attorney? Why? Lonely elderly man a dementia in nursing home, S$1m cash savings, no LPA; Fast ageing population and ageing problems of the elderly; Abandoned houses in Japan; In Singapore, some old folks died in loneliness, and their bodies were not found for months…; Ageism – negative attitudes towards the elderly;
======== . Source: SBS News There are millions of empty homes in Japan, so one group is offering them to in need single mothers. . =============== . . In Singapore, will it be possible for Govt to allow VWOs [by … Continue reading
Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, PG and CHAS, Population, Properties, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies
Tagged abandoned houses, Ageing population, Baby bonus plus, PGs and MGs
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Younger Voters Must Face Reality
Young Voters Must Face Reality I wrote this in ST Forum on 4 August 1984, some 31 years ago, five days before the National Day that year. Please see JPEG format below. On this SG50 NDP today, 9 August 2015, … Continue reading
My 2014 Budget Wishlist
Pioneer Generation Package. [my post in FB on 4 Feb 2014] My 2014 Budget Wish List. I hope the Govt will allow in the 2014 Budget for the elderly to use the Senior Citizen Card to have free access twice … Continue reading
Pioneer Generation Package [my wishlist]; The S$8b PG Fund: Will the Govt disclose in Parliament the balance at every year end, and the forecasted amount remaining for the last PG still standing and when, in which year?
============= . Deaths are inevitable… Who among the MPs will ask in Parliament for the total number of deaths in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and first half 2023? How many of them were PGs and MGs who died in each of … Continue reading
Medical Science; What is the purpose of Drugs and Medicine? – Do not cherish it excessively; Medical treatment, Systems medicine: using casual therapy and symptomatic therapy;
========== Is medicine deadly? What is the purpose of medicine in the lives of human beings? Why some medicine has the alphabet N or Z in its name? Where do words and languages stem from, the Origin? What is the … Continue reading
Retirement adequacy – a long-term concern? How to top-up CPF for Gig workers/the 20% lower-income groups? Will the Govt have the political will to have policies that stand in good stead for us to be an inclusive society? How to have socialist policies for the sake of Singaporeans’ well-being; All about money; More should be done when we are hit by an economic storm;
========== . Retirement adequacy for the poor [the 250,000 or the 25% at the base of our society] must be one of the top social issues to be discussed and addressed. How it should be addressed and why? What are … Continue reading
Posted in Budget 2015 - new policies?, Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, CPF, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, GE2020 on 10th July 2020; and one year later;, Government, Govt's Budget, GST, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, MRT, National Day Rally - new policies and strategies, National Reserves, PG and CHAS, Politics, Silver Support Scheme, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Transport, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model
Tagged 2015 Budget, GE2015, Government policies, inclusive society
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Pioneer Generation medical and dental claims – possible loopholes; there are warning signs; Hope the Govt listens.
PG claims…what are the possible loopholes for false claims….?” Sharing what I wrote to the MOH in Dec 2014: From: tan kok tim Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 6:38:21 PM To: MOH Kim Yong GAN (MOH), REACH (REACH), MOH QSM … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Finance, CareShield Life insurance - permanent disabilities, Corruption, Education; What is Complete Whole Person Education?, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, PG and CHAS, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback
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Pioneer Generation Fund – any forecasts on Pioneer Generation Package drawdown? Will it be disclosed in Parliament end each year the PG Fund balance, and the forecasted balance at the time of the last PG guy standing?
====== . . Govt’s initiatives to support seniors It is all about money. Hold too tight, afraid the bird will die. Hold too loose, afraid the bird will fly. Where is the line of sustainable moderation? Ask the IBM Watson … Continue reading
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PG red card [born before 1950], Orange and Blue CHAS cards…
From Wikipedia: In Singapore, the Pioneer Generation Package (PGP; Chinese: 建国一代配套, pinyin: Jiànguóyìdài pèitào; Malay: Pakej Generasi Perintis) is a S$9 billion package launched in 2014 aimed at helping pioneering Singaporeans to meet retirement adequacy. PGP is designed as a … Continue reading
PG Red card; Orange & Blue Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) – WEF 1 Jan 2014 – major changes to CHAS eligibility criteria
CHAS and MediShield Life – like two wheels of the cart, both to move forward together in addressing our long-term medical needs. On the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) – WEF 1 Jan 2014 there are new eligibility conditions. I … Continue reading
MediShield Life, our expectations – in comparison, the Malaysian Govt gives free medical to Malaysians at public hospitals; and cash RM900 per quarter to Malaysians above 60 years.
MediShield Life and Medical benefits. Minister Chan Chun Sing has taken the stand that Singapore could be far ahead in generosity in giving benefits to our elderly Singaporeans. The S$8 billion Pioneer Generation Fund speaks volume in what the Govt … Continue reading
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