KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The government's plan to increase the excise duty for sugary drinks to 50 sen per litre is a good move, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has...
The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry said the government has given its approval to 37 companies to import 285,700 tonnes of refined white sugar this year. — ETX Studio picKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The government's plan to increase the excise duty for sugary drinks to 50 sen per litre is a good move, the Malaysian Medical Association has said.
As for the Madani Medical Scheme providing free healthcare at private clinics or private general practitioners to lower-income Malaysians and which was first announced in Budget 2023, Anwar yesterday announced it would be expanded nationwide at RM100 million to cover 700,000 citizens.
Commenting on Anwar's statement that the government is currently reviewing the salary and allowances scheme for civil servants which was last revised in 2012 and which is expected to be finalised at the end of next year, Dr Azizan said MMA is delighted to hear that the scheme for permanent staff which should include public healthcare workers will be finally reviewed after more than 10 years.
Public policy research organisation Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy's chief executive Azrul Mohd Khalib said he was glad that the Budget 2024 proposed to increase excise duties on sugar-sweetened beverages, but said the tax collected from sugary drinks should focus on investing in preventing diseases in the first place instead of treating diseases.
Welcoming the RM100 million for the Madani Medical Scheme offering health care via private clinics, Azrul said the scheme could potentially be a “game changer” by reducing congestion at government clinics and hospitals, noting that Selangor and ProtectHealth had shown proven public-private partnership models similar to this scheme.
“MOH will have RM35.2 billion for its operating expenditure and RM6.1 billion for development expenditure. Just three years ago, the total allocation for health under the 2020 budget was RM 30.84 billion. This demonstrates not only how rapid the increase has been in health expenditure, but also the increasing demands on Malaysia's healthcare system,” he said, noting that the RM41.2 billion health budget is now 10.5 per cent of the government's total RM393.
With Malaysia still falling short of its target to have one doctor for every 400 patients, Azrul said the Malaysian government should have demonstrated commitment to not only recruit new personnel but to also pay for the promotion of existing staff and increase salaries to support retention of these skilled healthcare workers but said"this was not made clear".
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