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24 March 2009

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24 Mar 2009

Question No:  929  

Question

Name of the Person: Dr Fatimah Lateef

To ask the Minister for Health (a) how many Singaporeans are now under the Interim Disability Assistance Programme for the Elderly (IDAPE) scheme; and (b) whether there are plans to extend the list of medical assessors under the IDAPE scheme.

Reply

Reply From MOH

  1. About 2,600 means-tested elderly Singaporeans, who were not eligible for ElderShield coverage when it was launched in 2002, are currently on the Interim Disability Assistance Programme for the Elderly (IDAPE).

  2. We now have 74 doctors acting as medical assessors for the IDAPE scheme and are open to accept more.  Those who are interested can approach MOH for information on how to join the scheme.

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