Rahayu Mahzam on upgrading CHAS card status
The Ministry of Health (MOH) regularly reviews the income criteria and subsidy levels for its healthcare subsidy schemes. The income criteria for the Community Health Assistance Scheme (CHAS) were last reviewed in 2019. In the last two years, MOH received around 14,000 appeals for changes of CHAS card status. Three in four managed to upgrade their cards. MOH considers all appeals on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the applicants’ means and circumstances, beyond the eligibility criteria of per capita household income or the annual value of their homes. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam said this in reply to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Tuesday (Sep 19).
The Ministry of Health (MOH) regularly reviews the income criteria and subsidy levels for its healthcare subsidy schemes. The income criteria for the Community Health Assistance Scheme (CHAS) were last reviewed in 2019. In the last two years, MOH received around 14,000 appeals for changes of CHAS card status. Three in four managed to upgrade their cards. MOH considers all appeals on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the applicants’ means and circumstances, beyond the eligibility criteria of per capita household income or the annual value of their homes. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam said this in reply to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Tuesday (Sep 19).
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