Healthcare Schemes For The B40: Helpful or Harmful?

Dr Michael Jeyakumar, Central Committee Member

30-Jan-19 08:35

Healthcare Schemes For The B40: Helpful or Harmful?

We speak to Dr Michael Jeyakumar of the Parti Sosialis Malaysia who has been quite vocal about the governments health protection schemes for the B40. He talks to us about the recently launched Peduli Kesihatan (PeKa B40) scheme and his concerns about the mySalam National Protection Scheme.

Presented by: Joyce Goh, Julian Ng, Sharidz Abdullah

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Categories: Politics, Law and Legal Matters, Social Issues

Tags: b40, healthcare, insurance, peka b40, mySalam, PSM, government,

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