…the U.S. and Taiwan in decades. A focus of his trip was to highlight Taiwan’s success in combating COVID-19 and “cooperate with the U.S. to prevent, detect, and respond to…
Taiwan: Surprising Lessons From a Small Island
…later, despite the emphatic rejection by Congress in 1994 of government-run health care… “In Taiwan, we have no waiting lists,” says Hou. “In Taiwan, the doctor works on Saturday. They…
The Leap to Single-Payer: What Taiwan Can Teach
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…the change. Today, most hospitals in Taiwan remain privately owned, mostly nonprofit. Most physicians are still either salaried or self-employed in practices. The health insurance Taiwan provides is comprehensive. Both…
Tsung-Mei Cheng explains Taiwan’s single-payer lesson for America
A Lesson for America? Taiwanās Single-Payer National Health Insurance
…medical care. (Our Taiwanese-American daughter-in-law returned to Taiwan to obtain her highly technical, life-saving surgical care – DMc) Live and Learn Taiwan is the poster child for how a wellrun…
Tsung-Mei Cheng on the success of Taiwanās single payer system
Reflections On The 20th Anniversary Of Taiwan’s Single-Payer National Health Insurance System By Tsung-Mei Cheng Health Affairs, March 2015 ļæ¼Abstract On its twentieth anniversary, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) stands…
Navigating the COVID pandemic: Taiwanās Example
…ranked first with 224 deaths per 100,000 population and Taiwan ranked nineteenth with 4 per 100,000. At the same time, Taiwan’s economy grew in both 2020 and 2021. This continued,…
Health Care Abroad: Taiwan
…book “Getting Health Reform Right.” He served as a health care adviser to the Taiwan government in the 1990s, when officials decided to reform that country’s health care system and…
Physician behaviour in the single payer system of Taiwan
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Eli Lily Taiwan pulls Prozac over $US0.004 price reduction
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Taiwan’s COVID-19 lesson for us
Response to COVID-19 in Taiwan
…information regarding the evolving epidemic. Taiwan is an example of how a society can respond quickly to a crisis and protect the interests of its citizens. https://jamanetwork.com… Taiwan’s Response to…
Taiwan’s Single Payer System: A Phenomenal Success!
Health Affairs May/June 2003 Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From Taiwan by Jui-Fen Rachel Lu and William C. Hsiao …Taiwan’s single-payer NHI system enabled Taiwan to…
Taiwan's Single Payer System: A Phenomenal Success!
Health Affairs May/June 2003 Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From Taiwan by Jui-Fen Rachel Lu and William C. Hsiao …Taiwan’s single-payer NHI system enabled Taiwan to…