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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5579)	5/16/2008 9:45:57 AM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (3) of 42652

Several references in the article to "free" health care, which is ridiculous...muster some courage and read the following excerpts..the whole article if you can.<g>Canada has plenty to learn from Taiwan also. Taiwan gives everyone healthcare for less than one sixth the price per head of the US.<b/> <<Taiwan has an insurance card with an IC chip that provides essential medical records and collates prescription and treatment data - which is not only better for the patient's health but averts billing fraud.>> <<And yet, in 1995, Taiwan, beloved of conservatives like John Bolton, introduced a single-payer healthcare system that delivers universal coverage with free choice of doctors and hospitals and no waiting lists. Taiwan gives everyone healthcare for less than one sixth the price per head of the US <<When the Taiwanese set up the system more than 40% of the population was uninsured. They are now covered by the national health insurance scheme - and because of the increased efficiency of the single-payer system - this was done at little or no extra cost.>> <<Taiwanese do not have to worry that changing or losing their jobs will lose them their healthcare. They do not have to make choices between paying the food bills and getting essential prescriptions. Their doctors will not drop their insurance coverage, nor do they get post-operative sticker shock when they discover the anesthetist the hospital booked does not accept their insurance. They do not have to worry about big bills for out-of-network providers - because if a doctor is out of the network the chances are they were thrown out for fraud or malpractice.>> <<but no one in his right mind will go to one when they can go to any in-system provider and, for nominal (try $1.50!) co-payments, simply have their insurance card scanned, confident that the NHI will settle the bill with none of the hassle that Americans have come to know and hate from HMO's and multiple billings from different practitioners.>> commentisfree.guardian.co.uk

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