Singapore’s world-class health care system is being looked at as a model by the Obama administration’s health care team as they seek ways to reform America’s health care system. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) rated Singapore’s health care system as the best in Asia, ahead of Hong Kong and Japan. A report from
2010 ranked Singapore as the sixth-best healthcare system in the world by the World Health Organization. Currently, Singapore has 22 hospitals and medical facilities accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI). Generally, in Singapore, any medical care you may need is available at a reasonable cost and high-quality service.
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Expat Medical Centre Singapore consists of both public and private health care facilities, both providing high-quality health care, but generally offering a different level of service and comfort. Health insurance, insurance, and benefits vary widely and usually depend on immigration status and employer. Singapore citizens and permanent residents have the right to fund government health care through a compulsory national savings scheme, but foreigners with various work routes obtain health insurance through an employer or purchase it personally from themselves. Singapore employers are not required to provide health insurance benefits. As a general rule of thumb, the larger the company, the more likely it is to offer some health insurance benefits to its employees.
Government Assistance
Government health care facilities are primarily designed to provide subsidized health care to Singaporeans. These facilities consist of several public hospitals that provide inpatient services and several polyclinics that provide outpatient services. Although public hospitals are completely government-owned, they operate as private companies to compete with the private sector for service and quality. Government health facilities not only provide very good health care to the public, but they are also responding to the most complex cases introduced by other hospitals and neighbouring countries. A list of major public hospitals and centres is at the end of this document.
The government health care system also sets the private sector benchmark for professional health care standards and rates. Specifically, governments influence the most long-term trends, including the supply of hospital beds, the introduction of technology/high-cost medicines, and rising costs in the public sector that sets price benchmarks for the private sector. While rates for public health services are subsidized by the government, in private hospitals or outpatient clinics, patients pay what the hospital and doctors charge for their services on a fee basis.
