What Makes Singapore’s Health Care So Cheap?
Personal anecdote:<p>My Singaporean Uncle got stage IV nose-cancer two years ago. He has two kids, a stay-at-home wife and a job that pays only middle income. After a year of constant, weekly treatment by an assortment of doctors, he went into remission and paid in total less than one thousand dollars.<p>My Singaporean ex-girlfriend had systemic organ issues over her life, that have alternately caused her seizures and blackouts. She was hospitalized for years at a time. Again, middle income family, with three kids and a stay-at-home-wife. Her family paid virtually nothing for 15+ years of treatment, and then the government paid for her university. Full-ride. Oh and they also paid her directly to attend classes. About S$1500 per semester, last time I checked.<p>I have so many other great stories about my mother&#x27;s country.<p>For now, my sentiment is that Singapore&#x27;s society, government and people, on balance, cares about each other. Not a power-hungry &quot;all glory to the nation&quot; care, or a brainless &quot;let&#x27;s give everyone everything for free&quot; care, but a &quot;these people are people like you and I. If I put on their shoes, how would I like to be treated?&quot; care.<p>In the United States, that basic, human empathy is in question.