Rising insurance premiums: It boils down to sustainable healthcare financing


THE recent news of a significant increase in medical insurance premiums of up to 40% has sparked a litany of discussions across the entire healthcare system.

Underlying the debates is a key concern: the public who are cancelling their insurance policies, which will inadvertently result in higher patient loads in the already overburdened public hospitals. The ensuing domino effect threatens to throw the entire healthcare system into disarray, as the public healthcare sector struggles with its own set of systemic and structural problems.

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