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by Jabanga 3281 days ago
Private spending constitutes a larger portion of healthcare spending in Singapore than in the US. Also, much of that private spending is out of pocket:

https://thehearttruths.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/slide4-1....

Which is very unlike the US, where, as a result of government intervention, spending through insurance companies is the norm.