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FROM Jan 1 next year, foreigners will no longer get subsidies for treatment at public hospitals.
Subsidies will also be cut by 5 percentage points for permanent residents.
These subsidies for PRs will be further cut by an additional five percentage points in July 2008.
A day's stay in a B2- or C-class ward, for example, will now cost them $150 to $200, instead of $25 to $50.
The move is to ensure that the limited subsidy money from the Government goes to citizens, said the Health Ministry.
The cuts will save the Government an estimated $36 million a year, which will be ploughed back into health-care subsidies for a greying population.
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