Universal Health Insurance: will it control the cost of U.S. health care?

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-291
Author(s):  
William P. Gunnar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Universal Health

BPJS Kesehatan Memberikan Jaminan Kesehatan Terhadap Pasien Atau Masyarakat

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-154
Author(s):  
Aidha Puteri Mustikasari
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Universal Health Care ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Universal Health ◽  
Provide Health Insurance

Abstrak. Kepesertaan BPJS Kesehatan pada tahun 2020 tidak akan mencakup 90% penduduk Indonesia, namun rencana Universal Health Care Implementation (UHC) telah direncanakan sejak tahun sebelumnya. Di masa pandemi Covid, sejumlah besar status kepesertaan BPJS Kesehatan  dicabut karena terlambat, padahal masyarakat membutuhkan layanan kesehatan dan asuransi dengan kondisi yang ada. Kajian ini bersifat norma deskriptif , dibahas dalam konteks kepesertaan BPJS kesehatan, dan cukup  menggunakan prinsip asuransi dengan hanya memberikan jaminan kepada peserta, tetapi negara mengikuti kewajiban UUD 1945 yaitu memberikan jaminan kesehatan dan pelayanan kepada warga negara. Untuk mendukung keberadaan jaminan kesehatan universal, Indonesia perlu menerapkan formulir kepesertaan dan  sanksi untuk ketentuan wajib  peserta jaminan sosial yang efektif dan efisien. Abstract. BPJS Health membership in 2020 will not cover 90% of Indonesia's population, but the Universal Health Care Implementation (UHC) plan has been planned since the previous year. During the Covid pandemic, a large number of BPJS Health membership statuses were revoked because they were late, even though people needed health services and insurance with the existing conditions. This study is descriptive in nature, discussed in the context of BPJS health participation, and it is sufficient to use the insurance principle by only providing guarantees to participants, but the state follows the obligations of the 1945 Constitution, namely to provide health insurance and services to citizens. To support the existence of universal health insurance, Indonesia needs to implement an effective and efficient membership form and sanctions for mandatory provisions for social security participants.

The Ethical Issues Raised in Health Care Debates

2019 ◽  
pp. 54-80
Author(s):  
Alex Rajczi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Personal Cost ◽  
Fiscal Risk ◽  
Alternative Hypotheses ◽  
Personal Costs ◽  
Universal Health

This book will ask whether universal health insurance systems are objectionable on the ground that they are inefficacious, fiscally risky, or require that individuals bear excessive personal costs. These issues are of serious philosophical interest, but there is also substantial evidence that opinions about fiscal risk, efficacy, and personal cost drive many Americans’ actual views on health care. This chapter surveys the polling data about these issues. The end of the chapter discusses the limitations of this evidence as well as alternative hypotheses about the drivers of the health care debate.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Alex Rajczi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health Policy ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Fiscal Risk ◽  
Universal Health

Most Americans see the need for a national health policy that guarantees reasonable access to health insurance for all citizens, but some worry that a universal health insurance system would be inefficient, create excessive fiscal risk, or demand too much of them, either by increasing their taxes or by rendering their own health insurance unaffordable. After describing these three objections and the role they play in health care debates, the introduction outlines the contents of each chapter. It concludes with some remarks about how data will be handled in the book’s later chapters.

Back to the future: Polish health care reform

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Filinson ◽  
Piotr Chmielewski ◽  
Darek Niklas
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Insurance Funds ◽  
Physician Resistance ◽  
Polish Government ◽  
Health Insurance Funds ◽  
Universal Health

In January 1999, the Polish government implemented a new law reorganizing the health care in the country. This paper includes an outline of the changes, the main impact of which consisted of introduction of universal health insurance administered by Health Insurance Funds (‘‘Kasy Chorych’’). In June 2001 and 2002, a survey of insurance administrators and health care workers provided data concerning the reception of the new system, the perceived inadequacies, and the postulated changes. The intended objective of privatization of health provisions appears as remote as it was before the changes. The major obstacles are identified as political hurdles, physician resistance, and continued dependence on state allocations.

The effect of universal health insurance for children in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binh T. Nguyen ◽  
Anthony T. Lo Sasso
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Outpatient Visits ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Universal Health

AbstractOur research investigates the effects of the 2005 universal health insurance program for children under age 6 in Vietnam on health care utilization, household out-of-pocket (OOP) spending and self-reported health outcomes using data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in 2002–2004–2006–2008. We use difference-in-differences to compare children eligible for the program to older children who are ineligible for the program. Results indicate that the program increased insurance coverage by 250% for children age 0–5 relative to the pre-policy period. We found large increases in both outpatient visits and hospital admissions. Health insurance availability also increased outpatient visits at both public and private facilities, suggesting that public and private health care services are complements. Although health insurance was associated with a decrease in inpatient OOP spending for children aged 3–5, it did not reduce outpatient OOP spending for children in general. Health insurance was associated with modest improvements in self-reported health outcomes. Our research suggests that expanded access to insurance among Vietnamese children improved access to care and health outcomes, though it did not necessarily reduce OOP spending.

Winners and Losers of Universal Health Insurance: A Macroeconomic Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wung Lik Ng ◽  
Yin-Chi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Specialty Choice ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Overlapping Generations Model ◽  
Macroeconomic Analysis ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Universal Health

AbstractThis paper studies the supply-side distortions and the consequences resulted from provider-side cost containing universal health insurance (UHI) scheme. A two-sector overlapping generations model of endogenous physicians’ specialty choice is presented. We find that the general public is possible to be benefited from the cost containing UHI if the quality of medical services does not deteriorate too much. However, physicians in the medical service sector suffer from such scheme and end up earning lower incomes, regardless of one’s specialty and talent. Inequality among physicians also increases.

Effects of universal health insurance on health care utilization: Evidence from Georgia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Tengiz Verulava ◽  
Revaz Jorbenadze ◽  
Temur Barkalaia ◽  
Ana Nonikashvili ◽  
Tamara Kurtanidze
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Universal Health

Where Do We Go from Here: Is There Any Hope for Real Health Care Reform?

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-445
Author(s):  
Richard F. Southby
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New York ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
The United States ◽  
York Academy ◽  
Universal Health Insurance ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Universal Health

As indicated in the title, the focus of this essay is on where we should go from here and not the how, which is addressed by other authors in this issue. I am assuming that there is probably a general consensus as to where we should be heading with health care reform, but there may well be some strong differences as to how this can or should be attained.In the summer of 1966, a year after the enactment of “Medicare,” I listened to Harry Becker, then the Executive Director of the New York Academy of Medicine, discuss the significance of the new health legislation and further changes that were likely in the near future. His analysis was that, after numerous attempts over many years, the United States was finally on the verge of implementing universal health insurance for all Americans. The next step would be health insurance for children, “Kiddicare.”

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