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How Health Insurance Works in Singapore

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  There are a lot of government schemes and unintelligible jargon prevalent in Singapore. Due to this, a layman may tend to get confused when looking for proper hospitalisation insurance plans in this city-state. This is the reason that before you go ahead and buy an insurance plan, you should conduct some research online or consult a few good insurance advisors. ·          Singapore government provides MediShield Life health insurance that covers basic public hospital treatments. This insurance is given to all Singapore citizens and PRs. ·          You can boost this basic insurance plan with the help of an Integrated Shield Plan which covers treatment in better-class wards and even some private hospitals. It also covers pre- and post-hospitalisation treatment. ·          Then there are the private insurance providers who will cover every kind of hospital...

Healthcare System in Singapore

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  What is Singapore's secret to such an efficient health system? The healthcare system is funded in a way that increases awareness of the cost of healthcare among the population. In Singapore, each person saves a certain amount of their salary every month to participate in financing the medical expenses that they will encounter during their lifetime. The unused savings in the account generate interest. This system aims to avoid the overuse of medical care/treatment. The state of Singapore covers the majority of the healthcare costs of its citizens in the form of subsidies within public health institutions, often covering up to 80% of costs. The Singaporean health system is organized around the ‘3M’:  Medisave, MediShield, and Medifund. It also allows for flexibility in the choice between the public and private sectors. Private medical insurance refers to any medical insurance coverage offered by a private entity instead of a state or federal government. Insurance broke...