In the video “Sick Around the World” was a very interesting video it showed the difference between six very large country and how different there health care systems are. These countries were Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland and all these countries had different health care systems in then the United States and more people even lived longer than average Americans.
In Britain the health care was a NHS health care plan the hospitals were owned by the government and the government got most of the money by their citizen’s income taxes. The citizens never paid for their medical bill but the only down fall was that the waiting list to get in the hospital was very long. Also the citizens sometimes had to go to certain doctors before they could see a specialist. In Japan again people only paid the minimum amount and the governed picked the amount they paid for their bill the wait list was very quite you could call in that day to get an appointment. Japan citizens could pick any doctor they wanted to. Also everyone had to pick a health care plan and even if they lost a job they didn’t lose their health care. If people can’t afford care then Japan pays for it themselves also the hospitals are private hospitals. The down fall is that the hospitals don’t make enough money and then many are going bankrupts. In Germany there health care plans are a lot like Japan Everyone gets health care and they don’t lose the care if they lose their jobs. Hospitals are private and many doctors complain because they don’t make enough money. They pay their health care by how much income they make so the rich pays for the poor. Germany’s waiting list is about the same as an American waiting list. Taiwan took ideas from all the countries that were in the video they picked what they wanted and then made a system out of it. Taiwan has the same problems as Japan not being able to pay for everything so the government takes loans from the banks. Finally in Switzerland their health care was almost the same as American today until they finally realize it was too much for the people to pay. Now they have cut the cost were no one ever goes bankrupt.
Watching this video I began to wonder how come the United States can’t take these steps into making a new and better health care. People everyday can’t afford the medicine so they have to pick between feeding there families or becoming healthy. Once I was done watching this video it upset me know that one day if I don’t have a job then I to could not afford health care and have to make a decision I don’t want to someday.
In Britain the health care was a NHS health care plan the hospitals were owned by the government and the government got most of the money by their citizen’s income taxes. The citizens never paid for their medical bill but the only down fall was that the waiting list to get in the hospital was very long. Also the citizens sometimes had to go to certain doctors before they could see a specialist. In Japan again people only paid the minimum amount and the governed picked the amount they paid for their bill the wait list was very quite you could call in that day to get an appointment. Japan citizens could pick any doctor they wanted to. Also everyone had to pick a health care plan and even if they lost a job they didn’t lose their health care. If people can’t afford care then Japan pays for it themselves also the hospitals are private hospitals. The down fall is that the hospitals don’t make enough money and then many are going bankrupts. In Germany there health care plans are a lot like Japan Everyone gets health care and they don’t lose the care if they lose their jobs. Hospitals are private and many doctors complain because they don’t make enough money. They pay their health care by how much income they make so the rich pays for the poor. Germany’s waiting list is about the same as an American waiting list. Taiwan took ideas from all the countries that were in the video they picked what they wanted and then made a system out of it. Taiwan has the same problems as Japan not being able to pay for everything so the government takes loans from the banks. Finally in Switzerland their health care was almost the same as American today until they finally realize it was too much for the people to pay. Now they have cut the cost were no one ever goes bankrupt.
Watching this video I began to wonder how come the United States can’t take these steps into making a new and better health care. People everyday can’t afford the medicine so they have to pick between feeding there families or becoming healthy. Once I was done watching this video it upset me know that one day if I don’t have a job then I to could not afford health care and have to make a decision I don’t want to someday.
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