Episode Outline:
Topic: How other countries handle Universal Health Care?
• APPROACHES TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
o Public Insurance -- United Kingdom
o Private Insurance – Netherlands
o Mixed Public-Private Insurance – France
• PUBLIC INSURANCE
o Single payer
o Government finances with taxes
o Direct contracting with providers
o All care is provided
• PRIVATE INSURANCE
o Government sets policy and regulates private insurance
o Insurance & delivery of care are run by private sector
o Everyone required to have healthcare
o Patients must buy supplementary insurance for glasses & dental
• MIXED PUBLIC-PRIVATE
o Government taxes support public and private insurance
o Government manages 3 major non-profit funds who pay providers
o All citizens must be covered
o Cost-sharing for doctor visits, inpatient, dental and vision
• REMEMBER…
o Public Insurance – financed with tax revenues - Direct contracts with providers, everything covered, no co-pays
o Private Insurance - Government sets policy and regulation - Private insurance and delivery of care are left to private sector - Supplementary insurance for glasses & dental
o Mixed Insurance - Government taxes support both public & private insurance -
Cost-sharing for doctor visits, inpatient, dental & vision
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