RM46.5bil budget for healthcare not enough, says Sim
The federal government’s budget allocation of RM46.5 billion for healthcare is insufficient to meet the nation’s needs, says Sarawak deputy premier Dr Sim Kui Hian.
He said the rising cost of medicine and the need to cater for the growth of an ageing population had worsened the burden on healthcare financing.
Sim, who is state minister for public health, said global healthcare costs had become unpredictable, influenced by policies such as the tariff regime imposed by US president Donald Trump.
“Trump imposed a 15% tariff on healthcare products. He could suddenly change it to 10%, tomorrow it could be 100 %, after that 15% — we don’t know. But it’s very expensive,” he said at a community health event in Kuching, Dayak Daily reported.
He said the RM46.5 billion federal allocation,…
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