3) Singapore
Singaporeās government sets the price of insurance and insists costs of care be transparent. To prevent overuse, no service is entirely free and citizens are required to have a savings account for out-of-pocket costs. In 2000, the WHO rated the healthcare system as the sixth best in the world. Bloomberg rated it the most efficient in the world in 2014. Care emphasizes treatment of chronic diseases. However, Singapore is extremely small, making its system difficult to replicate and the heavy role of government in Singaporean life is controversial, even if it does mean the city is extraordinarily clean. One of Singaporeās major health threats, poor air quality, actually comes from surrounding countries, Indonesia in particular. Forest fires, including illegal burning for palm oil plantations means Singapore often urges citizens to stay inside and avoid the haze. The average lifespan for men is 80 and 86.1 for women.
