Ivy,
I had my 3rd girl at KKH about 2 years ago .. the initial payment they asked for was 3k CASH then .. that's what hubby remembers it as .. the Medisave amt should still have been $1.8k. Like Jappooh, I got $1k back so total cash plus Medisave spent was $3.8k ...
Like Jappooh, I didn't have an epidural, vaginal birth ...
Actually, when I asked the lady at the counter how come last time I got about 1k back .. was it because my estimated bill size was smaller ?? She said it's cos the amt I received back was from the antenatal visits which I was paying cash all this while .. she said those were claimable by Medisave .. so that's what the 1k returned to me was for ... dunno whether that info is right or what ... cos I was trying to listen to her while keeping an eye on my girls ..
Ya juzyouandme, thank GOODNESS my maid came back last Saturday ..
It's not a deposit that I put down as I clarified earlier .. it's the initial payment .. the estimated bill size for A1 single bedder normal vaginal birth at KKH is $3710 ...amt claimable by Medisave is only $1800 .. so the rest must be paid by cash .. of course you can end up paying more in cash at the end of the day, cos not everything is included like epidural, or if you spend a lot of time in the delivery suite cos your labour is long ...