The regulatory framework for practising medicine in Singapore is no different to any other countries - they are all going up in price. Even in countries where there is a medical safety net such as UK, OZ, NZ etc, people still take on medical insurance or co-insurance with the state covering a % of the cost. Those on medical insurance get faster treatment at their hospital of choice. The rest would have a long waiting game unless it is life threatening.
In Singapore, the government has failed to recognise that cost will inevitably go up and did not even attempt to build a funding capacity for a safety net believing in the ideal that patients can continue to afford higher prices. Its only much later that measures were introduced. As Lim Hng Kiang famously said that to miss a hairdo and go for breast screening. There are people who live in condo but expect to pay $20 to see a doctor.
It is not in the interest of any professional such as a lawyer, doctor, accountant or even a owner of bar to provide services at a lower cost when there are segments of society that are prepared to pay a higher fee. On the flip side, no doctor is going to charge a high fee if there are no patients willing to pay.
Petty complaints about doctors and dentist does not address the fundamental issues of society. Firstly the unnecessary restrictions on medical students was seriously flawed to sustain the current population. So local doctors have demand and the basket cases have to go to poly to be attended by half baked filipinos, PRC and god knows who else. Secondly the removal of GOF as highlighted by others is flawed. The state trains a limited number of Singaporeans each year but there is a % that end up treating high end foreigners and charging fees that locals cannot afford.
Pleading to individuals doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants etc to be reasonable is not the right way when there is an opportunity to meet demand at a higher price. Vote the bloody govt out if they can't fix this problem.