I had the opportunity to mingle with a few doctors, some of whom owns GP clinics in Singapore.
Most of them voice out similar problems associated with the pioneer generation program.
1) unhappiness is not infrequent at the counter where patients and clinic assistants argue over what should be paid and what is borned by the scheme. patients often don't complain their unhappiness to the doctors. to make matter worse, some of older folks are not very educated and not sure of what the scheme is all about exactly.
2) there is a limit to the scheme and the co payment component. ended up, most patients still head back to the good old polyclinics. at least there is MSW at polyclinics, in case patients really can't afford to pay a cent. GP clinics have overheads, and to give FOC services long term out of good will are really limited and difficult. Frankly, the pioneer generation batch aren't that many, and this number will only fall with time. I am not sure if the government could possibly consider absorbing all the fees out of goodwill?
3) increase paper work and record keeping. and need to pay staff extra to do claim procedures. Sure, doctors can do it, but as it is, they are already so busy and most would want more leisure time instead of doing claim procedure.
anyone got any views?
so is the scheme really good or not good? perhaps more time will tell.
Most of them voice out similar problems associated with the pioneer generation program.
1) unhappiness is not infrequent at the counter where patients and clinic assistants argue over what should be paid and what is borned by the scheme. patients often don't complain their unhappiness to the doctors. to make matter worse, some of older folks are not very educated and not sure of what the scheme is all about exactly.
2) there is a limit to the scheme and the co payment component. ended up, most patients still head back to the good old polyclinics. at least there is MSW at polyclinics, in case patients really can't afford to pay a cent. GP clinics have overheads, and to give FOC services long term out of good will are really limited and difficult. Frankly, the pioneer generation batch aren't that many, and this number will only fall with time. I am not sure if the government could possibly consider absorbing all the fees out of goodwill?
3) increase paper work and record keeping. and need to pay staff extra to do claim procedures. Sure, doctors can do it, but as it is, they are already so busy and most would want more leisure time instead of doing claim procedure.
anyone got any views?
so is the scheme really good or not good? perhaps more time will tell.
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