{"id":214907,"date":"2026-01-01T13:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/214907\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T13:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:13:13","slug":"explainer-x-rays-free-ae-to-cost-more-the-post-breaks-down-hong-kongs-new-hospital-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/214907\/","title":{"rendered":"Explainer | X-rays free, A&#038;E to cost more: the Post breaks down Hong Kong\u2019s new hospital fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong will overhaul public hospital fees from January 1 to ensure the sustainable development of its healthcare system amid challenges from an ageing population.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Authorities estimate the increased fees could generate an additional HK$3 billion (US$385 million) a year, with the extra revenue earmarked to support patients facing financial hardship or critical illnesses.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The government also plans to gradually reduce the public healthcare subsidy rate from 97.6 per cent to 90 per cent by 2030.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Post takes a look at some of the coming changes and how residents can prepare.<\/p>\n<p>1. What are the new arrangements?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">From Thursday, patients requiring overnight hospital treatment will need to pay HK$200 to HK$300 per day for a bed, depending on the type, up from the current HK$100 to HK$120.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong will overhaul public hospital fees from January 1 to ensure the sustainable development of its healthcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[119280,13193,119285,119284,163,521,3448,57860,85,46,92367,119281,119279,5863,116512,116508,119283,119282,82514],"class_list":["post-214907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-accident-and-emergency-ae-departments","tag-ageing-population","tag-ct-scans","tag-family-medicine-clinics","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-hong-kong","tag-hospital-authority","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri","tag-outpatient-clinics","tag-patient-service-ambassadors","tag-pharmacies","tag-priscilla-poon-yee-hung","tag-public-healthcare","tag-social-welfare-department","tag-waiver-scheme","tag-x-rays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}