NHSO dismisses fake news on unpaid medical costs for neighbouring nations’ peoples
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025
NHSO debunks fake news claiming 100bn baht spent on unpaid medical costs for citizens of neighburing countries, confirming treatment only for specific eligible groups.
Singapore’s healthcare cost inflation hit 10 per cent last year
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019
SINGAPORE’S medical trend rate - which measures medical cost inflation - was 10 per cent in 2018, 10 times the Singapore economy’s estimated 2018 inflation rate of 1 per cent, according to Mercer Marsh Benefits’ 2019 Medical Trends Around the World report.