With the incoming launch of Medishield Life, NTUC Income Singapore has made some changes to their health plans, Incomeshield. The amendments are as follow:
1. IncomeShield integration with MediShield extended from age 90 years old to 92 years old
In
view of the on-going MediShield Life review, Ministry of Health (MOH)
has extended the MediShield maximum coverage age from 90 years old to 92
years old, with effect from 1 March 2014. This is to ensure that
insureds remain integrated with MediShield before the transition to
lifelong coverage under MediShield Life.
With
this interim extension, insureds covered under IncomeShield Integrated
plans, who reach age 91 on or after 1 March 2014, will still remain integrated with MediShield as their policies will be automatically renewed.
For policyholders who are currently not integrated with MediShield, this extension to 92 years old does not apply to them.
2. Mandatory FIN (Foreign Identification Number) for IncomeShield insureds who are foreigners
Since November 2013, IncomeShield has ceased accepting new applications of insured with non-FIN identification.
As
a follow-up to this, NTUC Income is working with CPF Board to write to
existing policyholders with insureds who are foreigners with a non-FIN
identification to get them to update Income with a valid FIN or NRIC for
these insured.
- NTUC Income will be sending letters in the 2nd week of April 2014 to this group of policyholders.
- A copy of the letter will be carbon copied through email to the servicing adviser (if any).
- Once
a copy of the FIN or NRIC identification of the insured have been
received by NTUC Income, updates will be made to their policy records
and to CPF Board records immediately.
This
will identify any possible duplicate coverage under the Private Medical
Insurance/MediShield Scheme. In the event where there is a duplicate
coverage, necessary adjustments will be made to ensure that each insured
has only one medical plan and overlapping premiums will be refunded to
the payer accordingly.
