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You seem not aware that the government subsidizes residents of nursing homes, and there are some who are single and destitute who stay there FREE OF CHARGE.

This is one of the reasons why we need to raise GST.

PS:   You should not post when you are ignorant of the facts.

Our medical costs have risen so much. It seems like we are blindly following US style of medical cost which is not sustainable. Singapore is not built by LKY blindly following the West.