Singapore's Health Care System Is Identified by Critics of the PPACA

question 138

Multiple Choice

Singapore's health care system is identified by critics of the PPACA as one good alternative system to study and emulate. Singapore does not have which of the following characteristics?

• A) Singapore has among the world's lowest infant mortality rates.
• B) Singapore spends about the same on health care per person as the U.S., but, unlike the U.S., it ranks among the top in every health-quality category monitored by the World Health Organization.
• C) Singapore has among the world's highest life expectancies.
• D) Singapore spends less than 5 percent of its GDP on health care.

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