For Budget 2025 we need jam tomorrow, not jam today


ANOTHER budget has come around and often what I wish is that we could just fulfil all the requests and suggestions that many of us have made and written about for all the past budgets.

The Budget 2024 allocation for healthcare was RM41.2bil; 10.46% of the total budget and second highest after the Education Ministry. Although this looks large, it is not able to support the growth we need in our ailing health services. For far too long we have neglected our health services and hence any small increment in budget is swallowed up in the enormous needs and challenges our health services face.

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RM13.90/month
RM5/month

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Annual Plan

RM12.33/month

Billed as RM148.00/year

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