About 6 years ago they were in a similar mess as ours: no system, highly escalating costs, etc. So, they looked at every other country's system and took what they thought were the best parts of all of them. Now, apparently 80-90% of the people in Taiwan are now happy with the system that they have come up with. How novel--look at what works in the world.
Does anyone know about systems that other countries use?
Tom
How do we find the details about what Taiwan did? I know that for all its faults, the NHS in Britain works well for many things....especially for the sort of routine well-care (pregnancy, post-natal care, eldercare, health screening and clinics)that a technologically advanced society surely should be able to provide for all its citizens. It also does well in emergency care, although you occasionally hear horror stories I don't think they're any different from the horror stories you hear here.
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