Info about healthcare systems and issues in other countries
Romanian Healthcare Privatisation Stirs Debate
Vasile Astarastoae, head of Romanian medical council:
“The state should continue to have an important responsibility when it comes to the public health. I’m not against the privatization in healthcare, but this shouldn't become the rule.”
| Romania withdraws controversial healthcare bill The Romanian government put the draft healthcare reform bill up for public debate in late December 2011. It included a plan to attract private medical services and insurers into the system. The bill drew criticisms from the public, healthcare experts and also the Deputy Health Minister who resigned over this bill. |
Click HERE for comparisons of a few countries' healthcare financing and mechanisms.
Health care system in Japan - Wikipedia
Japan's system sounds really good.
"Japan provides healthcare services...with the patient accepting responsibility for 30% of these costs while the government pays the remaining 70%...through a universal health care insurance system...with fees set by a government committee...Patients are free to select physicians or facilities of their choice and cannot be denied coverage. Hospitals, by law, must be run as non-profit and be managed by physicians. For-profit corporations are not allowed to own or operate hospitals. Clinics must be owned and operated by physicians."
Cuban Health System
Cuba's system sounds really good too. If a tiny pokai pariah country can achieve this, why not Malaysia who is so much richer?
"With the collapse of the socialist bloc, Cuba’s island economy lost 85% of its trade in two years, threatening the economy and the health system with collapse. The remarkable paradox is that...health indicators held the line. In some cases...they actually improved. During the worst years of the crisis, the health status of the population remained a fundamental government priority. In fact, the Cuban Parliament actually increased the health sector budget..."
SICK AROUND AMERICA
Sick Around America lays bare the flaws in our system and examines the critical choices Americans face in changing a system that all sides agree needs a fundamental overhaul. |
Sick Around the World How five capitalist democracies - the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland - deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures. |
Sicko
Michael Moore’s “Sicko” takes us into the decaying world of the American Healthcare system. What has that got to do with Malaysians? EVERYTHING! This thought provoking documentary highlights how utterly devastating the privatisation of the US health care system is to everyday Americans. And our country seems to be so desperate to follow its privatisation practices! |