POINT: Should Pulmonary/ICU Physicians Support Single-payer Health-care Reform? Yes

CHEST Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam W. Gaffney ◽  
Philip A. Verhoef ◽  
Jesse B. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Single Payer ◽  
Icu Physicians

Selling Cost Containment

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-119
Author(s):  
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost ◽  
Sandra J. Tanenbaum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Cost Containment ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
The United States ◽  
Single Payer

Health care expenditures in the United States have continued to grow despite efforts to control them. This Article discusses the need for health care reform, outlines the model that reform should follow, and considers why the United States has not progressed toward a workable solution. It introduces a single-payer approach to cost containment and explains how such an approach could be “sold” in the United States. Finally, the Article examines various ways to mobilize support for such health care reform.

When “Both Sides” are Not Enough: The Restricted Debate over Health Care Reform

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-419
Author(s):  
John Canham-Clyne
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Single Payer ◽  
Reform Debate

In covering the health care reform debate, the major news outlets go out of their way to avoid mentioning a Canadian-style single-payer reform as a progressive alternative to the Clinton plan.

Evolution of Taiwan’s health care system

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jui-Fen Rachel Lu ◽  
Tung-Liang Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Single Payer ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Care System

AbstractThis study aims to present an overview of the evolutionary policy process in reforming the health care system in Taiwan, through dissecting the forces of knowledge, social-cultural context, economic resources and political system. We further identify factors, which had a significant impact on health care reform policies in Taiwan through illustrative policy examples. One of the most illuminating examples highlighted is the design and implementation of a single-payer National Health Insurance (NHI) program in 1995, after nearly five years of planning efforts (1988–1993) and a two-year legislative marathon. The NHI is one of the most popular social programs ever undertaken in the history of Taiwan, which greatly enhances financial protection against unexpected medical expenses and assures access to health services. Nonetheless, health care reform still has an unfinished agenda. Despite high satisfaction ratings, Taiwan’s health care system today is encountering mounting pressure for new reforms as a result of its rapidly aging population, economic stagnation, and imbalanced NHI checkbook. Although there may exist some heterogeneous system characteristics and challenges among different health care systems around the world, Taiwan’s experiences in reforming its health care system for the past few decades may provide valuable lessons for countries going through rapid economic and political transition.

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