{"id":97915,"date":"2026-11-06T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97915"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T07:53:00","slug":"genetic-testing-subsidies-for-hereditary-breast-ovarian-cancer-to-start-on-dec-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97915","title":{"rendered":"Genetic testing subsidies for hereditary breast, ovarian cancer to start on Dec 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>She also welcomed the subsidies, saying previous studies had identified cost as one of the biggest barriers to genetic testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>&#8220;When there is a cost to a test, we have unintended consequences,\u201d she said, pointing out that patients who can afford the test would have the information and ability to undertake preventive measures, whereas those who\u00a0<\/span>are un<span>able to afford it would be left out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cSo, by having these subsidies, we ensure that there is no disparity in terms of access to the testing and the downstream care. So, this is incredibly welcome.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>However, she stressed that more public education\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<span>needed to help families understand the importance of testing and to better navigate the healthcare system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>She added that the next step would be to make the subsidies more accessible, including helping people understand who qualifies and how to access them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/genetic-testing-hereditary-breast-ovarian-cancer-subsidies-dec-1-6530326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n<p><center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She also welcomed the subsidies, saying previous studies had identified cost as one of the biggest barriers to genetic testing. &#8220;When there is a cost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1123,280,1903,17056,32471,22925,1588,4116,5985],"class_list":["post-97915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-breast","tag-cancer","tag-dec","tag-genetic","tag-hereditary","tag-ovarian","tag-start","tag-subsidies","tag-testing","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}