As a result of her many treatments, Ms Tan faces financial difficulties with paying her medical expenses. Recently, she tried to seek help from her Member of Parliament (MP) to obtain medical assistance and support from ComCare. However, her application for ComCare was rejected by her MP, Dr Lily Neo, who allegedly told her that the S$500 she gets from her alimony fees should be enough for her to survive. Instead, Dr Neo suggested that she apply for the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS). She was eventually given the CHAS certification card. However, Ms Tan said that the alimony fees are not paid every month and there was even a period of three years where she ex-husband did not pay her at all. In that period, she had to live off her wages of S$450 from her work as a manufacturing operator. Ms Tan also said that CHAS did not help, as it works on the basis on subsidises, which is of no use since she does not even have the the money to pay for the subsidised amount. To her, the CHAS card was as good as worthless.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:43:47 +0000
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