LOS ANGELES - Singapore’s government announced that beginning Dec. 8, medical patients who are not vaccinated for the novel coronavirus will not have their medical bills covered.
The nation’s Ministry of Health said these patients are "unvaccinated by choice" and will no longer be covered by the country’s health care system. "Currently, unvaccinated persons make up a sizeable majority of those who require intensive inpatient care, and disproportionately contribute to the strain on our healthcare resources," the ministry wrote in a press release published on Monday. RELATED: Multiple hospitals denying organ transplants to unvaccinated patientsPrior to this announcement, Singapore had been covering medical costs for the country’s COVID-19.