Around 70 per cent of Malaysians will lose out if the federal government goes ahead with its plan to implement its National Health Financing Scheme (NHFS), said the Selangor state government.

State executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar said the scheme will add an undue burden on the people as it merely allows the federal government to pass on the responsibility of healthcare costs on to the people.

He said the reality faced by the public healthcare system is that 70 per cent of the nation uses public hospitals but there is no slowdown in the rate of migration of doctors from the public to private sectors.

"Under the present system, you can just walk in (to a public hospital) and pay RM2, you see a doctor and get free medication," Dr Xavier said at a press conference at the state assembly today.