Medical Savings Accounts: Lessons Learned from International Experience

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The views contained in this paper are those of the author, and do not represent the decisions or the stated policy of the World Health Organization. The author would like to thank Prof. Phua Kai Hong (National University of Singapore), the Singapore Ministry of Health (Ms. Chang Hwee Nee, Dr. Kelvin Tan, Ms. Geraldine Lee), and the Office of the Central Provident Fund Board (Mr. Teo See Long and his team) for their support during the author’s visit and for information and comments related to Singapore health financing system. The US Government comments (Council of Economic Advisers-The White House; Office of the Secretary and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation-US Department of Health and Human Services, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are acknowledged. The paper also benefited from suggestions and comments from K. Kawabata, P.Davies, M. Takeuchi, A. Singh, J. Perrot and data on Singapore National Health Accounts from the WHO NHA Team (particularly Patricia Hernandez). Medical Savings Accounts: Lessons Learned from International Experience

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