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Financing should remain largely federal, with allocations based on population need, age, disease burden, geography and deprivation.
The 2027 budget should focus on reducing administrative rigidity in Malaysia's healthcare system.
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From Ng Sze Fung
Every year, Malaysia’s healthcare debate returns to the same question: how much more should the government spend? The 2027 budget will be no different.
There will be calls for more doctors, more nurses, better hospitals, newer equipment and higher allocations.
All of these are necessary and known. But throwing more money into the same administrative structure will only get us so far.
The harder question is more structural in nature.
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