— Singapore’s Covid patients who choose not to get vaccinated could face high medical bills.
The government has so far shielded residents and citizens in the city-state from such treatment costs throughout the pandemic by fully covering them. But officials in the city-state made the bold move to start charging Covid-19 patients who are unvaccinated by choice from Dec. 8. In a country where 85% of the population are already fully innoculated, the government said unvaccinated Covid-19 patients make up a sizeable majority of those who need intensive inpatient care, and “disproportionately” strain its health care resources.The health ministry said that means-tested government subsidies and a national health insurance plan can lower the fees to S$2,000 to S$4,000 for eligible Singaporeans in subsidized wards.
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