SUBSIDIES OR MEDISAVE WITHDRAWALS FOR EGG FREEZING

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3316

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 4 FEBRUARY 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 7010

To ask the Minister for Health whether the Ministry will consider making (i) subsidies, (ii) co-funding, or (iii) MediSave available for egg freezing.

Answe1          Our financing policies for egg freezing are designed on clinical grounds. Hence today, women can tap on MediSave for egg freezing done on medical grounds. If they get married in the future and would like to use their frozen eggs for Assisted Reproduction treatments, they can receive government co-funding support and use MediSave for their treatments. From a population policy perspective, the Government encourages young couples to fulfill their marriage and parenthood aspirations as soon as possible, and not to inadvertently encourage them to delay their plans.