The gross medical inflation rate in Singapore is rather high at 10% for the year 2017.
Faced with an ageing population and high medical bills, every doctor visit can result in a lot of unnecessary stress due to the uncertainty.
CHAS Card, with its subsidies, aims to help Singaporeans with that.
TL;DR – A Singaporean’s Guide to CHAS CardThe Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) is targetted at lower-to-middle-income households, to provide subsidies for medical and dental care at participating General Practitioners (GP) and dental clinics.
CHAS Card Subsidy Tiers: CHAS Blue vs CHAS Orange vs CHAS Pioneer Generation
The CHAS Card comes in 3 different colour, each with a different subsidy tier and eligibility criteria.