pre-empting income?

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/most-people-will-not-feel-the-brunt-of-higher-medishield-life-premiums-ong-ye-kung

“When premiums go up, we subsidise more, we top up MediSave more,” he said in an interview on The Big Show on SPH Radio station Kiss92.

MOH said more than nine in 10 people here will receive help to more than offset the increases, with $4.1 billion going towards support measures.

For example, from April 2025, lower-income and middle-income Singaporeans in older age groups will receive premium subsidies of up to 60 per cent, up from 50 per cent currently, while the MediSave grant for newborns will increase from $4,000 to $5,000.