Budget 2026 will be tabled in October, and if the discourse around healthcare financing and medical costs are anything to go by, all eyes will be on the healthcare allocations. Amid calls to increase percentage of GDP for healthcare spending, we explore the economics of healthcare and ask: how much do we need to invest? Where should the money come from? And how does it save us increased expenditure in years to come?

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories:  health policy

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health & living,  publichealth,  budget 2026,  13MP,  rmk13,  healthcare,  financing,