While no one wants to be sick, those who do fall ill may sometimes demand or be given unneeded interventions, creating unnecessary demand for healthcare.

While the facts of life might make it impossible to create an entirely fair Budget, here are three methods to make allocations as fair as possible.

There are many considerations when it comes to deciding the annual budgetary allocations for ministries and other government bodies, but not all of them are rational.There are many considerations when it comes to deciding the allocations for ministries and other government bodies, not all of them rational.

Merely controlling the cost of healthcare products and services will not achieve affordable healthcare as there are multiple factors in play.

Have we fulfilled our potential as a nation and where we can go from here?

With some funding now, we can significantly control future medicine costs, provide appropriate insurance coverage and lay the foundation for old age care.

IN previous columns, we’ve already built a realistic funding mechanism that guarantees a predictable, generous and gradually increasing sum to the Health Ministry (MOH).

SPENDING public money is always “fun”, because there’s a lot of it and it comes from other people.

Here’s how we can ensure that government health services get a predictable increase in their funding annually, allowing them to plan long-term reforms.

Increasing the Health Ministry’s budget is not the cure-all we might believe it to be, but is just part of the solution in managing our healthcare expenses.

“IF you are not part of the solution, consider that you may be part of the problem.”