You most certainly pay for medicine. Even for the subsidised polyclinics, where wait times average at 2h, you'll still have to pay the subsidised rate. They're

You most certainly pay for medicine. Even for the subsidised polyclinics, where wait times average at 2h, you'll still have to pay the subsidised rate. They're not prohibitive, but to a certain extent, you pay with time rather than money, unless you pick a private clinic. Similarly, that $2 hawker meal is rather outdated now.