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Talk:Universal Health Care (view source)
Revision as of 20:54, January 11, 2012
, 20:54, January 11, 2012→South Korea's Single Payer Healthcare System: new section
I wanted to add a comma to this... ''to universal health care,the'' ... but the page is locked. FYI. [[User:FredM|FredM]] 16:36, 9 May 2011 (EDT)
I wanted to add a comma to this... ''to universal health care,the'' ... but the page is locked. FYI. [[User:FredM|FredM]] 16:36, 9 May 2011 (EDT)
== South Korea's Single Payer Healthcare System ==
I noticed that the article says this
"Single-payer health care is a system in which one entity pays for the health care of the entire population (see single-payer system). This entity is traditionally the federal or national government, and the system is paid for through taxes. Canada, Cuba and North Korea are the only three countries using this system."
This is 100% false. I lived in South Korea for several years, and South Korea has a 100% single payer system. Citizens pay for healthcare through taxes. All private insurers were consolidated in the early 2000s. If you don't believe me, you can read the following sources.
-https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:PdRodUz9lZkJ:www.welfareasia.org/2ndconference/paper/Chun%2520Chang%2520Bae_Paper(2ndEASP).doc+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiPUkHnR_NiB5A0rAYYCSHxzvSmMWX7Dz0tOLNzvGi41MXRI5WYLg1RtdXeAucztDA2lhaoArhXY_iU8_LYtR2uPZif5tAojw9GxaMXTI21VWQYCHBUDTu2nR_kmOtSQkUAl0Po&sig=AHIEtbSzKo-zbnbraxs34MeEXwMZ6tRpXA
- http://healthmarketinnovations.org/program/national-health-insurance-program-south-korea
- http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/1/63.full
- http://www.healthpolicyjrnl.com/article/S0168-8510(07)00154-6/abstract
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027795360600431X
- http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/1/136.short
Perhaps I misunderstood the conservepdian definition of "single payer" healthcare, but in my book, "single payer" means that there is only one insurer, and South Korea has only one insurer, and that insurer happens to be the government. Like it or not, South Korea has a single payer universal healthcare system. I suggest that it be added to the list of nations with single-payer healthcare, lest my experiences are too "liberal" for this website.
--[[User:Yelonde|Yelonde]] 15:54, 11 January 2012 (EST)