Singaporeans unprepared for health costs of longer lives

NEARLY half of healthcare practitioners believe Singaporeans will be hard-pressed to cope with the health expenses of living to 100, a survey by Prudential has found.

This is because a greater number of them possibly need to manage more than one chronic disease in their old age.

But residents themselves are even more pessimistic - 55 per cent in a separate survey said they were not ready from a health and wellness perspective to reach 100.