The election expenses of all candidates and all political parties must be independently audited by certified auditors before submission to the SPR, writes Francis Loh. Continue reading »
Mar 072012
Nov 272011
A major forum on the future of health care in Malaysia. Continue reading »
Nov 252011
Will this be a new GLC and cash cow for the Barisan government, wonders Mujahid Yusuf Rawa. Continue reading »
Jun 072010
The free market system cannot guarantee equitable access to health care services and it is the duty of the government to ensure that the people get access to services they deserve and need, writes masterwordsmith.
Jun 072008
The Penang Medical Practitioners Society, the oldest medical organisation in Malaysia, will be holding a public forum on “Health Care Financing” on 15 June from 9.00am to 1.00pm at the Dewan Sri Pinang. Admission is free.
Speakers:
- two doctors from the Health Ministry,
- the MP of Sungai Siput
- a representative of Aliran
- a Past-President of the Malaysian Medical Association
Mar 072008
Malaysians want a government that lives up to its
responsibility of ensuring that all citizens and other residents of
Malaysia have equitable access to safe, adequate and quality health
care, said participants at a forum on the proposed national health financing scheme. No one must be denied proper care because of lack of means.
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Jul 172007
There is an over-emphasis on economic incentives and “market discipline” in the health care financing scheme proposed by Australian consultant Karl Karol, points out Jeyakumar Devaraj. Instead of going down Karol's path, the government should improve state-run hospitals, which have been undermined by the promotion of for-profit private hospitals since the 1980s.
Jul 132007
Karl Karol, the Australian consultant tasked with coming up with a recommendation on how to finance our health care system, is proposing a model that is neo-liberal to the core, observes a worried Jeyakumar Devaraj. And civil society has not been consulted.
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Apr 272006
The Health Ministry has come up with a proposal to revamp the health care system. We look at the salient features of what they have in mind.
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Apr 252006
Civil society is mobilising to protect the basic right to health care for all in the face of the government's plan to make Malaysians pay national health insurance premiums.
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