Single Payer Health Care
SINGLE PAYER 101 WHAT IS SINGLE PAYER? Single payer refers to a way of financing health care, which includes both the collection of money for health care and reimbursement of providers for health care costs. In a single payer system, both the collection of funds and the reimbursement are the responsibility of one entity: the government. The government collects funds from individuals and businesses, mainly in the form of taxes, and the government reimburses providers for health care services delivered … Read More
Healthcare in Taiwan: Successes and Challenges
The Center for Chinese Studies, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the North American Taiwan Medicial Assoc. cosponsor a conference on healthcare issues in Taiwan By Richard Gunde The worldwide pandemic of AIDS, and the more recent epidemic of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which in 2002 and 2003 was reported in thirty countries in four continents, have demonstrated once again that disease knows no borders. Playing politics with health — attempting to hide the outbreak of … Read More