… Until the introduction National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003, access to medical
care was governed by the cash-nexus, called “Cash and Carry.” The name speaks for itself: …

… Social isolation (the objective state of lacking social relations with others or having little access
to social … According to a large number of data surveys, social isolation increases a person’…

… to inferior schemes, such as a multilayered insurance system, … variation in the social insurance
programs in the three … can be found in the social insurance schemes designed for migrant …

… Most Chinese migrants interviewed reported feeling culturally and socially accepted in
Singapore, where many speak Mandarin. This is in contrast to the social exclusion reported by …

… become the “aged society”. Changes in population structure and family component will
influence the social-economic status such as medical and social welfare system in the world as …

… and social needs • aims at creating a sustainable health and social support system which …
▪ Address the social isolation and mental health issues of elders as they transit through the …

… on the measure of poverty and its social determinants, including demographics, health
care, basic amenities, education, and economic and social deprivation.46 The association of …

… This principle is applied in all insurance schemes, but not in social assistance where
there is a test on the household's means. (The argument being that individualisation of social …