Taiwan is ranked as the number one country in the world for healthcare by Numbeo (as of 2025), holding the top position for seven consecutive years!

[tobelightlight]

 

[tobelightlight]

oops.. sinkieland healthcare sucks.

 

[tobelightlight]

Maybe i will do health check up in Taiwan.

 

[Boonsiong]

Vaccinated ?

 

[syed putra]

Then why the hell westerners go to Thailand, jiu hu and increasingly china for health issues?

 

[superpower]

Yes, Taiwan's National Health Insurance is the gold standard. The insurance is a central pool run by the government (not by some private insurers like our NTUC or Great Eastern) and all health care costs are paid from this fund. Everyone contributes a certain % from his salary to this central fund (not like MediSave, which is pooling your own savings); housewives, unemployed, veterans, retirees, students are exempt - the government contributes for you. Co-payment is very low and affordable. Covers everything from primary to tertiary care. This is universal healthcare access.

My friend's father had a major liver resection done for liver Ca in a top Taipei hospital - out of pocket payment for surgery, meds, hospitalization came to only SGD700.

In Singapore, if you're a platform worker or housewife with no CPF or Medisave contributions, you can't afford to fall ill. Many fall through the cracks.

Go figure.

 

[superpower]

 

[birdie69]

oops.. sinkieland healthcare sucks.

knn, paying Medishield Life premium for what fuck?

 

[syed putra]

Yes, Taiwan's National Health Insurance is the gold standard. The insurance is a central pool run by the government (not by some private insurers like our NTUC or Great Eastern) and all health care costs are paid from this fund. Everyone contributes a certain % from his salary to this central fund (not like MediSave, which is pooling your own savings); housewives, unemployed, veterans, retirees, students are exempt - the government contributes for you. Co-payment is very low and affordable. Covers everything from primary to tertiary care. This is universal healthcare access.

My friend's father had a major liver resection done for liver Ca in a top Taipei hospital - out of pocket payment for surgery, meds, hospitalization came to only SGD700.

In Singapore, if you're a platform worker or housewife with no CPF or Medisave contributions, you can't afford to fall ill. Many fall through the cracks.

Go figure.

In sinkie, medisave funds are used to pay the managers top dollar investing and speculating.
Taiwan those funds are for patients use only.

 

[superpower]

In sinkie, medisave funds are used to pay the managers top dollar investing and speculating.
Taiwan those funds are for patients use only.

Taiwan is single payer system... everything paid from NHI fund. So admin cost only 2% of total healthcare expenditure.