I was chatting with a few friends previously when the topic turned to our healthcare insurance, and I was quite shocked when all of them (but one) told me they didn't see a need to buy anything else because "MediShield is enough". Another one asked, "I'm already covered by my company, so why should I waste money on buying additional medical insurance?" I've been so worried ever since that I decided to write a post on this, to educate every other Singaporean out there who might be wondering whether they should buy additional healthcare insurance. My advice? You should. At least, I did. Back then, when I was fresh out of university and landed my first full-time job, many friends (or acquaintances) tried to meet up with me under the guise of a "catchup" session and ended up trying to sell me different insurance policies. Because I was ... ...