Empowering patients in navigating individual healthcare financing
Sunday Star, Focus: Empowering patients in navigating individual healthcare financing.
In brief: While system-wide reforms take time, Dr Kuljit sets out steps patients can take now: review insurance or takaful cover before falling ill, use employer health benefits such as check-ups, and ask private hospitals for financial counselling, cost estimates and payment plans. He sees open conversation between patients and providers as the most practical way to stay in control of healthcare costs.
