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zzyzzx
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2013 Jun 3, 11:54pm
which are the best?
Probably the healthcare system in Singapore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Singapore
Singapore has a non-modified universal healthcare system where the government ensures affordability of healthcare within the public health system, largely through a system of compulsory savings, subsidies and price controls. Singapore's system uses a combination of compulsory savings from payroll deductions to provide subsidies within a nationalized health insurance plan known as Medisave. Within Medisave, each citizen accumulates funds that are individually tracked, and such funds can be pooled within and across an entire extended family. The vast majority of Singapore citizens have substantial savings in this scheme. One of three levels of subsidy is chosen by the patient at the time of the healthcare episode.
A key principle of Singapore's national health scheme is that no medical service is provided free of charge, regardless of the level of subsidy, even within the public healthcare system. This mechanism is intended to reduce the overutilisation of healthcare services, a phenomenon often seen in fully subsidised universal health insurance systems. Out-of-pocket charges vary considerably for each service and level of subsidy. At the highest level of subsidy, although each out-of-pocket expense is typically small, costs can accumulate and become substantial for patients and families. At the lowest level, the subsidy is in effect nonexistent, and patients are treated like private patients, even within the public system.
Approximately 70-80% of Singaporeans obtain their medical care within the public health system. Overall government spending on healthcare amounts to only 3-4% of annual GDP, partly because government expenditure on healthcare in the private system is extremely low.
monkframe
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2013 Jun 16, 1:11pm
As a percentage of GDP for health care costs, the U.S. is far above every other industrialized society. It's holding our business community back, as they have to face this ever-changing nightmare of shifting law.
monkframe
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2013 Jun 22, 2:19pm
No, it's either a right, or it will be taken from us. It's important to get past one's privilege and understand that.
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What are our main choices for distributing healthcare, and which are the best?
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