TY - JOUR
T1 - Exclusion of Migrant Workers from National UHC Systems—Perspectives from HealthServe, a Non-profit Organisation in Singapore
AU - Rajaraman, Natarajan
AU - Yip, Teem-Wing
AU - Kuan, Benjamin Yi Hern
AU - Lim, Jeremy Fung Yen
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Low-wage migrant workers in Singapore are legally entitled to healthcare provided by their employers and supported by private insurance, separate from the national UHC (universal health coverage) system. In practice, they face multiple barriers to access. In this article, we describe this policy-practice gap from the perspective of HealthServe, a non-profit organisation that assists low-wage migrant workers. We outline the healthcare financing system for migrant workers, describe commonly encountered barriers, and comment on their implications for the global UHC movement’s key ethical concepts of fairness, equity, and solidarity.
AB - Low-wage migrant workers in Singapore are legally entitled to healthcare provided by their employers and supported by private insurance, separate from the national UHC (universal health coverage) system. In practice, they face multiple barriers to access. In this article, we describe this policy-practice gap from the perspective of HealthServe, a non-profit organisation that assists low-wage migrant workers. We outline the healthcare financing system for migrant workers, describe commonly encountered barriers, and comment on their implications for the global UHC movement’s key ethical concepts of fairness, equity, and solidarity.
KW - Health equity
KW - Health financing
KW - Healthcare access
KW - Migrant health
KW - Migrant workers
KW - UHC
KW - Universal health coverage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088836657&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s41649-020-00138-y
DO - 10.1007/s41649-020-00138-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088836657
SN - 1793-8759
VL - 12
SP - 363
EP - 374
JO - Asian Bioethics Review
JF - Asian Bioethics Review
IS - 3
ER -
