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Do lobster meals add to high hospital charges?
Some policyholders question necessity of such frills, asking the authorities to probe if these are fuelling jump in healthcare costs, claims
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At least three major insurers say their claim histories find that Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital's bills are consistently on the high side - sometimes by up to 40 per cent - when compared with treatments for similar illnesses at other private hospitals.
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You are admitted to hospital for treatment and are pleasantly surprised that the meals come with choices such as wok-fried lobster and slow-cooked aged black Angus beef.
After a few days of such sumptuous meals that are worthy of top hotels, you are told that you can be chauffeured home in a Mercedes-Benz, thanks to a complimentary limousine service provided by the hospital for patients who are leaving on weekday mornings.
