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Maintain healthy healthcare: insurance premium hike could strain system, MPs warn

Health PSSC cautions that without proper management, healthcare system could struggle to stay sustainable, comprehensive and impact patients

Higher charges for insured patients a ‘common misconception’: APHM on premium hike furore

Association president says private hospitals follow standardised charges regardless of payment method, highlighting rising healthcare costs as a global trend

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79 candidates to fight for 28 seats in Melaka polls

Besides notable incumbents defending their seats such as Melaka CM Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh and Melaka Pakatan chief Adly Zahari, the Prime Minister’s political secretary Datuk Azman Abidin will contest his maiden election in Paya Rumput

MCA gets four seats in Melaka polls, predicts tough fight in DAP strongholds

Initially given two seats, last-minute negotiations within Barisan Nasional now lands MCA with the staunchly DAP seats of Kota Laksamana and Bandar Hilir

Red Bull’s Acosta wins MotoGP Sprint, Ducati Lenovo’s Marquez second

Third on the podium is Italian rider Marco Bezzecchi of Aprilia Racing