Parliamentary QA
NUMBER OF COUPLES UTILISING THEIR MEDISAVE ACCOUNTS FOR ASSISTED CONCEPTION PROCEDURES
6 March 2025
NOTICE PAPER NO. 3508
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 6 MARCH 2025
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang
MP for Nee Soon GRC
Question No. 6629
To ask the Minister for Health in each year for the past five years, how many couples have for the purpose of Assisted Conception Procedures utilised (i) below $5,000 (ii) $5,000 to below $10,000 (iii) $10,000 to below $15,000 and (iv) the maximum of $15,000 from their MediSave accounts.
Answer
1 A breakdown of the utilisation of the lifetime limit is as follows:
Table 1: Breakdown of cumulative utilisation amongst couples who tapped on
ACP limit between 2019 and 2023 (%)*
Table caption
Cumulative utilisation of the lifetime limit to date | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Less than $5,000 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 24.2 | 22.9 | 15.3 |
$5,000 to $9,999 | 41.7 | 40.4 | 39.6 | 39.4 | 42.8 |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 23.8 | 25.0 | 27.9 |
Maximum of $15,000 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 14.0 |
*The same couple may transition across the utilisation bands as they may tap on ACP limits over multiple years