Tan Kin Lian's Blog: Charges on Medisave withdrawal

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Anonymous said...: i have been paying $3.5 per transaction regardless of the total amount of the bill.in order to reduce this ridiculous fees, i choose to pay cash if the bill amount is small.(eg. it will derived to 7% if the amount is $50).this is absurd and ridiculous since you are withdrawing from your own medisave account.; January 25, 2012 5:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Never take what the government says at face value. Let's look at the PCPS, now called CHAS.

When I first looked at the criteria for PCPS, I could not believe that for the 2nd category for a different coloured card, there was no limitation for type of housing. The 1st, for the blue card had $13000 limit. For once I thought the government was thinking of the retirees living in private houses, whose medical cost would escalate due to ageing.

Then when there was a name change from PCPS to CHAS, supposedly to reflect the service better, I suspected something was amiss. True enough, there was no longer the 2nd category. The $13k limit was for all applications.

Was there any apology for those who applied? NEVER! Was there an explanation for the change of criteria? NEVER! Just a line to say you are not eligible.

Can you trust such a government?; January 26, 2012 11:16 AM

Wednesday, January 25, 2012