Medishield Coverage For Newborn babies

Hi Parents To Be!!

In case you missed reading the CPF Board's press release, here is a brief note about the medishield coverage for newborn babies.

From 1 December 2007, all newborn Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PRs) will be offered MediShield coverage on an opt-out basis. From mid-2008, the Ministry of Health will also facilitate coverage for Singaporean and PR youths.

Today, MediShield auto-coverage is already offered at the point of a person’s first working contribution to CPF, and at the point of marriage registration. In addition, parents today can voluntarily purchase MediShield for their children through the CPFB, or through Medisave-Approved Private Integrated Plans offered by private insurers.

New Born Children

· MediShield coverage will be offered to all Singaporean children whose births are registered on or after 1 December 2007.
· This will be extended to all children of Permanent Residents, where the child is born in Singapore and the parents register their newborn child’s permanent residency in Singapore on or after 1 December 2007

Children Aged 0 to 6

· Singaporean and Permanent Resident children attending Primary One in mainstream schools in the coming year will be provided with opt-out coverage, between May and June 2008.
· This exercise will be repeated for each batch of Primary One pupils over the next 6 years from 2009 to 2014.


Basic coverage for newborns and youths is affordable at $30 per year. The annual premium will be automatically deducted from the Medisave account of the father. If there are insufficient funds in the father’s account, the premium will be deducted from the mother’s Medisave account.