It’s a complex issue, with patients, doctors and insurance companies having different motivations.
It’s a complex issue, with patients, doctors and insurance companies having different motivations, but the current arrangements are untenable.It’s a perennial debate, but it has resurfaced in recent weeks: Should private insurers try to limit MediShield Life Integrated Plan policyholders to consulting only doctors who are on their designated panels? The policyholders face higher out-of-pocket expenses if they seek to consult doctors outside these panels.
There have been several letters in The Straits Times Forum pages, discussing this issue. The battlelines are demarcated clearly: The insurers hew closely to the recommendations of the 2016 Health Insurance Task Force to continue the practice of empanelment as a key cost management measure while doctors argue instead that the doctor-patient relationship should take precedence.
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