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14h ago
Singapore’s Unvaccinated May Face Covid Medical Bills Over $18,000
Low De Wei and Joyce Koh, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s Covid patients who choose not to get vaccinated could face high medical bills.
In general, Covid-19 patients who need both care in intensive care units and therapeutics in hospitals may have to pay about S$25,000 ($18,460), according to a median estimate released by the health ministry on Thursday, in response to Bloomberg News queries.
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...
14h ago
Singapore’s Unvaccinated May Face Covid Medical Bills Over $18,000
Low De Wei and Joyce Koh, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s Covid patients who choose not to get vaccinated could face high medical bills.
In general, Covid-19 patients who need both care in intensive care units and therapeutics in hospitals may have to pay about S$25,000 ($18,460), according to a median estimate released by the health ministry on Thursday, in response to Bloomberg News queries.
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...